Thoracic neuroblastoma presenting as recurrent empyema.
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2014-03
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Neuroblastoma is the most common intra-abdominal and
extracranial solid tumour in children, accounting for 7%–8%
of all childhood cancers. It is a malignant tumour of the
autonomic nervous system derived from the neural crest. Most
children with neuroblastoma have distant metastatic disease at
the time of diagnosis. Pulmonary metastasis at the time of
diagnosis is rare, and rarer is the presence of associated pleural
effusion. We present the case of a child with recurrent
empyema, who was diagnosed to have a thoracic neuroblastoma.
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DAS RASHMI RANJAN, SAMI ABDUS, SETH RACHNA, NANDAN DEVKI, KABRA SUSHIL K, SURI VAISHALI. Thoracic neuroblastoma presenting as recurrent empyema. National Medical Journal of India. 2014 Mar-Apr ; 27 (2): 84-85.