Open AccessNeuroblastoma with an unusual ovarian metastasis in a 5-year-old girl
Author(s) -
Carla Steytler,
Ahmed A. Darwish,
Sergey Popov,
Cathy Morley-Jacob,
Daniël C. Aronson
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2018-226038
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroblastoma , ovary , metastasis , girl , stage (stratigraphy) , abdominal mass , ovarian tumor , ovarian cancer , surgery , cancer , biology , cell culture , psychology , paleontology , developmental psychology , genetics
Neuroblastoma metastasizing to the ovary is rare. We report the 10th case and review the scarce literature. A 5-year-old girl with stage M neuroblastoma presented with an upper abdominal and a pelvic mass. Evaluation after induction showed very good tumour response with three remaining localisations: two abdominal and one pelvic. At gross total resection, the pelvic mass appeared to be the enlarged and abnormal right ovary and was removed completely. Pathology showed an ovarian metastasis. On completion of her postoperative treatment, she achieved complete remission. Literature review showed that underdiagnosing of ovarian metastasis in neuroblastoma is very likely.