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ArticleDiscover oncology2024

Bilateral adrenal neuroblastoma: peculiar pattern of a rare pediatric presentation.

Mohamed Fawzy, Gehad Ahmed, Yasser Youssef, Naglaa Elkinaai, Amal Refaat, Mai Amr Elahmadawy, Fadwa Said, Salma Elmenawi

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Article in Discover oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Surgical Treatment of Adrenal Neuroblastoma in Children - A Narrative Review.International braz j urol : official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohamed FawzyPediatric Oncology Department, Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt-57357, Cairo, Egypt.
Gehad AhmedFaculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.
Yasser YoussefPediatric Oncology Department, Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt-57357, Cairo, Egypt.
Naglaa ElkinaaiNational Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Amal RefaatNational Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mai Amr ElahmadawyNational Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Fadwa SaidDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Salma ElmenawiClinical Research Department, Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt-57357, 1 Seket Al-Emam Street, El-Madbah El-Kadeem Yard, El-Saida Zenab, Cairo, Egypt. s.menawi@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6769-7728
Cairo University · EGChildren Cancer Hospital · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBilateral suprarenal neuroblastoma (BSN) is a rare presentation. Few previously published literature showed BSN patients to have favorable pattern and prognosis. This study aim was to evaluate clinical and biological features in relation to outcome of Egyptian patients with BSN.

methodsIncluded patients were diagnosed from 2007 to 2017, retrospectively. Tissue biopsy, imaging and bone marrow were evaluated at presentation. Clinical, demographic, biological variables and risk group were determined and analyzed in relation to overall (OS) and event-free-survival (EFS).

resultsBSN patients (n = 33) represented 2% of hospital patients with neuroblastoma during the 10-year study period, 17 were males and 16 were females. Twenty-four patients (72.7%) were infants, and 9 patients (27.3%) were above 1 year of age (range: 1 month to 3 years). Metachronous disease was present in only one patient. Amplified MYCN was found in 10 patients. Initially, most patients (n = 25) had distant metastasis, 6 had stage 3 versus 2 stage 2. Fifteen were high risk (HR), 15 intermediate (IR), 1 low risk (LR) and 2 were undetermined due to inadequate tissue biopsy. Three-year OS for HR and IR patients were 40.5% and 83.9% versus 23.2% and 56.6% EFS; respectively.

conclusionBSN treatment is similar to unilateral disease. A more conservative surgical approach with adrenal tissue preservation on less extensive side should be considered. Biological variables and extent of disease are amongst the most important prognostic determinants. Future studies are warranted to further address the biologic profiling of BSN and highlight prognostic significance of size difference between both adrenal sides.

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BilateralBSNMultifocalNeuroblastomaSuprarenal

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PMID38607453
PMCPMC11014822
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