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Prenatally detected cystic neuroblastoma

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A case of adrenal cystic neuroblastoma (NB) detected by prenatal ultrasonography (US) is presented. The suprarenal mass initially showed pure cystic features on a variety of imaging studies such as US, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. Tumor markers were negative. The mass was suspected to be an adrenal hemorrhage rather than a NB. Three months later, although the diameter was unchanged, the thickness of the cyst wall seemed to have slightly increased. Surgical exploration revealed an adrenal cystic tumor and histology showed a NB in situ. Forty-five infants with prenatally detected NB were found in the English literature; about one-half of them were cystic NBs, and most had a favorable outcome.

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Accepted: 29 July 1996

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Yamagiwa, I., Obata, K. & Saito, H. Prenatally detected cystic neuroblastoma. Pediatr Surg Int 13, 215–217 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003830050298

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