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Author(s) -
Custis Lee Hall
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1960.tb87071.x
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , information retrieval , library science
O. SCHWEISGUH et alii (Ann. Burg., July, 1959) report a study of 40 cases of intrathoracic neurogenic tumours in infants and children; 15 were neuroblastomas, seven ganglioneuroblastomas and 18 ganglioneuromas. The existence of clinical symptoms and intratumoral calcifications favoured a diagnosis of malignant disease. Thoracic cage deformities were related to tumour volume rather than growth characteristics. The authors discuss the therapy and they advise surgery alone for neuroblastomas in infants under two years of age and for all ganglioneuromas. They consider that post-operative X-ray therapy is indicated in the treatment of ganglioneuroblastomas and neuroblastomas in children over two years of age.