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Primitive neuroectodermal tumor in a child with tuberous sclerosis
B W Hindman1, H K Gill, C W Zuppan
1Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, CA 92354, USA.
Skeletal Radiology
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
The case of a 13-year-old boy with tuberous sclerosis and primitive neuroectodermal tumor of bone is presented. A pathogenetic association between these two entities is postulated, the unifying underlying mechanism being a maldevelopment of the neural crest, or neurocristopathy.