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A neuroblastoma case presenting with pathologic femur fracture

Author(s) -

Nail Harzem Özger,

Yavuz Sağlam,

Rejin Kebudi,

Fatih Dikici

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 2589-1294

pISSN - 1017-995X

DOI - 10.3944/aott.2013.2654

Subject(s) - medicine , neuroblastoma , pathological , femur , differential diagnosis , girl , pathologic fracture , femur fracture , radiology , surgery , pathology , psychology , developmental psychology , genetics , biology , cell culture

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood which should be considered in the differential diagnosis of bone metastases and resultant pathological fractures, especially in children under 5 years old. We present an 11-month-old girl who presented with a pathological femur fracture and was diagnosed with metastatic neuroblastoma.

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