Solid tumours of perimeningeal region in children--diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties

Thirteen patients, aged 2-17 years, were treated because of primary solid tumours of head and neck location at the Department of Children Hematology and Oncology in Lublin. The authors analyzed clinical symptoms before diagnosis and the duration of these symptoms as well as the kind of tumours. In all cases the tumour was diagnosed on histopathological examination: soft tissue sarcomas--9 children, lymphoepithelioma--4 ones. The prognosis and treatment were estimated.