Case Report
1 Radiology Department, Peadiatric Teaching Hospital, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
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Jihane El Houssni
Radiology Department, Peadiatric Teaching Hospital, Mohammed V University, Rabat,
Morocco
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Article ID: 101346Z01EJ2022
Introduction: Neuroblastoma is the third most common malignancy in pediatrics, subcutaneous metastases of antenatal neuroblastoma are described in the literature and they represent 1% of secondary localizations of neuroblastoma.
Case Report: We report the case of a 12-month-old male infant with an antenatal neuroblastoma of the left adrenal gland revealed by inguino-scrotal and forearm subcutaneous nodules whose anatomopathological study was in favor of cutaneous metastases of a neuroblastoma.
Conclusion: Neuroblastoma is a very frequent embryonic tumor in pediatrics, subcutaneous metastases are often revealing of antenatal neuroblastoma, the diagnosis of certainty is essentially based on anatomopathological study.
Keywords: Adrenal gland, Metastases, Neuroblastoma, Subcutaneous nodules
Jihane El Houssni - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Jabour Soukayna - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Siham El Haddad - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Abourak Chaimae - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Saber Abdellah Bassel - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Tantaoui Mehdi - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Latifa Chat - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Nazik Allali - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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