Spnontaneous Regrssion of liver metastasis in Stage IV-S neuroblastoma after adrenalectomy: One Case Report .
- Author:
Hak Jun SEO
;
Jae Hee JUNG
;
Young Tack SONG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Neuroblastoma;
Prenatal diagnosis;
Stage IV-S;
Spontaneous regression
- MeSH:
Adrenal Glands;
Adrenalectomy*;
Biopsy;
Drug Therapy;
Humans;
Liver*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Neuroblastoma*;
Pregnancy;
Prenatal Diagnosis;
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
- From:Journal of the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons
2001;7(1):68-72
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Prenatally diagnosed neuroblastomas have been reported in increasing numbers over the past several years. The vast majority are in favorable stages of the disease (stage I, II, IV-S). The authors experienced one case of stage IV-S neuroblastoma of the adrenal gland with liver metastasis, which regressed spontaneously after removal by adrenalectomy. This patient was noticed to have an abdominal mass at prenatal ultrasonography performed at 36weeks of gestation. This tumor was a neuroblastoma of the left adrenal gland with multiple liver metastases. Left adrenalectomy and liver biopsy were performed at 3 months of age. Thirty-eight months after surgery, an MRI demonstrated that the hepatic metastatic lesions had completely regressed without chemotherapy or radiation.
