Open AccessRare coexistence of metastatic neuroblastoma of liver and solid pseudo papillary tumor of pancreas: Case report and literature review
Author(s) -
Jiao Zhang,
Yinghua Liu,
Pingqian Bao,
Yi Wang,
Yi Zhang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.113402
Subject(s) - histogenesis , neuroblastoma , solid tumor , pancreas , medicine , pathology , liver tumor , pancreatic tumor , neural crest , papillary tumor , hepatic tumor , cancer research , immunohistochemistry , biology , cancer , pancreatic cancer , hepatocellular carcinoma , embryo , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , cell culture
Neuroblastoma is the second most common malignant solid tumor in children, and often metastasizes to liver, most notably in patients with stage 4S tumors. Solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas (SPT) is a pancreatic borderline tumor with low malignant potential. Coexistence of these two tumors in one patient has never been reported before. Hereby, we present a case of an 8-month-old infant with coexisting tumors of SPT and metastatic neuroblastoma of liver. Dysdifferentiation of neural crest might be responsible for histogenesis of the coexisting tumors.