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Zebrafish Model of Neuroblastoma Metastasis
Published on: March 14, 2021
[Paracentesis as abdominal decompression therapy in neuroblastoma MS with massive hepatomegaly]
E Solórzano Rodríguez1, R López Almaraz2, J Mendiola Arza3
1Servicio Cirugía Pediátrica. Hospital de Cruces. Baracaldo (Vizcaya).
Abstract:
Neuroblastoma MS with massive hepatomegaly is a small percentage of cases of neuroblastoma. It is more common in infants less than 4-6 weeks of life, and involves, in contrast to the standard of the NB MS, poor prognosis given the complications that can have. In the case of abdominal compartment syndrome it is recommended a quick start of chemotherapy, associating or not radiation therapy, to try to reduce the size of the liver, and if necessary, decompressive laparotomy. We present the case of a patient with NB MS, massive hepatomegaly and threatening symptoms for life, in which the surgical attitude that got relieve intra-abdominal compression syndrome consisted just in an evacuating paracentesis.
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