title: Primary cerebral neuroblastoma: a case treated with adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
abstract: Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood. A wide variety of tumor locations and clinical presentations have been described. However, neuroblastoma is rarely located in the central nervous system, except in the case of esthesioneuroblastoma. We report a child with primary central nervous system (CNS) neuroblastoma who admitted to the hospital in coma. The tumor could be partially removed in our patient. After surgery, we treated the patient successfully with combined radiotherapy and eight courses of cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Our patient was followed-up for 34 months without any evidence of relapse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Oncology, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nilgün
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yariş
authors.forename: Melek Nur
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.forename: Abdulkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reis
authors.forename: A Aydin
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.forename: Ayşenur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okten
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome