Solid tumours of perimeningeal region in children--diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties.
Thirteen patients, aged 2-17 years, were treated because of primary solid tumours of head and neck location at the Department of Children Hematology and Oncology in Lublin. The authors analyzed clinical symptoms before diagnosis and the duration of these symptoms as well as the kind of tumours. In all cases the tumour was diagnosed on histopathological examination: soft tissue sarcomas--9 children, lymphoepithelioma--4 ones. The prognosis and treatment were estimated.
Department of Children Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Lublin.
Joanna
J
Zawitkowska-Klaczyńska
Krzysztof
K
Katski
Joanna
J
Nurzyńska-Flak
Magdalena
M
Pietka
Agnieszka
A
Brodzisz
Jerzy
J
Kowalczyk
Wiesław
W
Gołabek
Paweł
P
Wieczorek
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome