Mediastinal Nodular Ganglioneuroblastoma in an Eight-Year-Old Child
Published: February 1, 2019 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2019/38153.12556
Bouvier Francis D`SA, Nazima Haider, Bala Krishnamoorthy Adiga, Sohaila Fatima
1. Specialist, Department of Histopathology, Aseer Central Hospital, Abha, Aseer, Saudi Arabia.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, King Khalid University, Abha, Aseer, Saudi Arabia.
3. Professor, Department of Pathology, King Khalid University, Abha, Aseer, Saudi Arabia.
4. Lecturer, Department of Pathology, King Khalid University, Abha, Aseer, Saudi Arabia.
Correspondence
Nazima Haider,
King Khalid University, Abha, Aseer, Saudi Arabia.
E-mail: nazima_haider@yahoo.com
The nodular variant of Ganglioneuroblastoma (GNB) is a rare histologic subtype in a spectrum of neuroblastic tumours, which are common in children of less than four years, characterised by one or more macroscopic nodules of neuroblastoma within a ganglioneuromatous component. The histopathological classification of GNB is difficult as many classifications have come up to evaluate the prognosis of this rare tumour. Here a rare tumour in a relatively older child is reported and the relevance of detailed histopathological study is discuss.
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