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Miliary pulmonary neuroblastoma: A risk of autologous bone marrow transplantation?
Author(s) -
Graeve Janet L. Allen,
de Alarcon Pedro A.,
Sato Yutaka,
Pringle Kevin,
Helson Lawrence
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19881115)62:10<2125::aid-cncr2820621010>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroblastoma , bone marrow transplantation , bone marrow , transplantation , stage (stratigraphy) , lung , disease , pathology , surgery , paleontology , genetics , biology , cell culture
A case of miliary pulmonary neuroblastoma is described which occurred 8 months after autologous bone marrow transplantation for Stage IV neuroblastoma. The patient, a 4‐year‐old boy had pulmonary symptoms at this time. Disseminated metastatic disease was found, but there was no tumor at the primary site. This unusual pattern of relapse suggests that the patient's disseminated disease was related to infusion of malignant cells at the time of transplantation.