[Esthesioneuroblastoma in children].
OBJECTIVE
To summarize the clinical characterization of esthesioneuroblastoma in children and adolescence.


METHODS
The esthesioneuroblastoma in children treated in our hospital from 1993 to 2004 were retrospectively evaluated, and thorough literature review of patients with esthesioneuroblastoma was performed by searching for the key word "esthesioneuroblastoma" in CHKD and in Pub Med between 1994-2004, also looking for its reference.


RESULTS
The most frequent age stage was 11 to 15 years. The main symptoms were nasal occlusion, proptosis, epistaxis, headache and the main location of disease were the intranasal, ethmoid sinus, orbital, anterior cranial fossa. Treatment was mainly combined surgery and radiotherapy,then surgery alone. Most patients died of primary tumour.


CONCLUSIONS
Esthesioneuroblastoma in children is very rare and combined surgery and radiotherapy should be selected.
Wang
Jin
J
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, 100853, China. wjkxqwhj@126.com
Wang
Rongguang
R
Han
Dongyi
D
Yang
Weiyan
W
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018304:Esthesioneuroblastoma, Olfactory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009669:Nose Neoplasms; D012189:Retrospective Studies