Open AccessNeuroblastoma: Incidental Craniocerebral Metastasis - A Case Report
Author(s) -
Priyanka Jain,
Sahil Singlab
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of medicine and surgery/international journal of medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-4983
pISSN - 2336-0313
DOI - 10.15342/ijms.v3i2.124
Subject(s) - neuroblastoma , medicine , malignancy , metastasis , complication , skull , disease , pathology , surgery , cancer , biology , genetics , cell culture
Neuroblastoma has been attributed the term “the great imitator” due to its varied spectrum of presentations. Although neuroblastoma is a common childhood malignancy, which frequently metastasizes, involvement of the Central nervous system is rarely reported in the literature. It commonly metastasizes to the base of the skull and orbits late in the disease. Early detection and aggressive treatment of this complication may allow some patients to live longer than they would have otherwise.