Shoulder pain in a child: a case presentation of ganglioneuroblastoma.
A four and one-half year-old child presented with a several month history of shoulder pain. Her workup revealed a large, homogeneous tumor in the apex of the chest. Surgical resection was performed demonstrating ganglioneuroblastoma. This case illustrates an unusual cause of joint discomfort in children.
Mainwaring
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Nemours Cardiac Center-Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
Healy
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Reilly
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Conard
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018305:Ganglioneuroblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome