title: [Neuroblastoma in adolescence. Report of a new case].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an uncommon case of neuroblastoma in adolescence.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of neuroblastoma in adolescence is presented. The etiological and pathogenetic factors, clinical and laboratory findings, behavior and treatments are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Neuroblastoma and related tumors, ganglioneuroblastoma and ganglioneuroma are derived from primordial neural crest cells that migrate in the embrionary period and populate the primordial sympathetic ganglia and adrenal medulla. Neuroblastoma, the least differentiated, resembles the fetal adrenal medulla. The peak age at the time of presentation is about 18 months and only sporadic cases occur during adolescence, as the case described herein, or adult life.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Asturias, España.
authors.forename: M Estrella
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gómez Díaz
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivas del Fresno
authors.forename: M Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: García-Sastre García
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Castaño González-Coto
authors.forename: Valentín
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Muruamendiaraz Fernández
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Neuroblastoma en la adolescencia. Aportación de un nuevo caso.