Neuroblastoma in Adolescents and Children Older than 10 Years: Unusual Clinicopathologic and Biologic Features

Authors

Laura McCarthy, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Katherine Chastain, Children's Mercy Hospital
Terrie Flatt, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Eugenio Taboada, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Robert E. Garola, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
John Herriges, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Linda D. Cooley, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Atif Ahmed, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Publication Date

5-2019

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Abstract

This poster describes four cases of neuroblastoma diagnosed since 2008 in children greater than 10 years and presents their clinical, histologic and biologic features, emphasizing unusual clinicopathologic characteristics and the role of DNA microarray analysis and Next Generation Sequencing in their management.

MeSH Keywords

Neuroblastoma; Child; Adolescent; Case Reports; Genetic Testing; Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; Chromosome Deletion

Keywords

DNA; Children; Teenagers

Disciplines

Medical Genetics | Neoplasms | Nervous System Diseases | Oncology | Pathology | Pediatrics

Notes

Presented at the Children's Mercy Kansas City Research Days, May 2019.

Recommended Citation

McCarthy, Laura; Chastain, Katherine; Flatt, Terrie; Taboada, Eugenio; Garola, Robert E.; Herriges, John; Cooley, Linda D.; and Ahmed, Atif, "Neuroblastoma in Adolescents and Children Older than 10 Years: Unusual Clinicopathologic and Biologic Features" (2019). Posters. 105.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/posters/105