title: Adult peripheral neuroblastoma.
abstract: Report of clinical features, diagnostic and surgical aspects observed in a case of adult peripheral neuroblastoma infiltrative of the lumbosacral plexuses. The patient, a 39-year-old male, presented with sciatalgia and progressive crural monoplegia. Characteristic histological features of this rare tumor are described. Surgical resection was attempted via a posterior transgluteal approach to the retroperitoneum through the greater sciatic foramen.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurocirurgia, Hospital Vera Cruz, Campinas, Brasil.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Rossitti
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: De Matos
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Balbo
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Zuiani
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Thomaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed