A case of sacrococcygeal neuroblastoma

Abstract

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood. Sacrococcygeal neuroblastomas are reported to be rare. The authors report a case of a well-differentiated neuroblastoma case, detected in a 4-month-old male during routine pediatric evaluation and totally resected by surgery.

Keywords

• Childhood
• Neuroblastoma
• Pelvic
• Sacrococcygeal
• Tumor
• Teratoma

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