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Neuroblastoma, tuberous sclerosis, and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
The American Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
|January 1, 1983
Abstract:
A patient with Stage III paratesticular neuroblastoma diagnosed in infancy was treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Typical depigmented "ash leaf" skin lesions of tuberous sclerosis appeared during early childhood. At 7 years of age he underwent craniotomy for a subependymal giant cell astrocytoma. The occurrence of neuroblastoma, tuberous sclerosis, and astrocytoma is unique, and supports the suggested relationship between neural crest tumors and hamartoma syndromes.