title: Clinical presentations and imaging findings of neuroblastoma beyond abdominal mass and a review of imaging algorithm.
abstract: Neuroblastoma is one of the most common malignant neoplasms in childhood. The most common clinical presentation of this tumour is abdominal mass. However, affected children may have various clinical presentations as a result of disseminated metastatic disease or associated paraneoplastic syndromes at the time of diagnosis. In this article we have outlined the imaging findings in seven patients with "extra-abdominal" presentation of neuroblastoma and the pitfalls in making the correct diagnosis. The purpose of this pictorial review is to alert the general radiologist to the possible presentations of this common childhood malignancy to derive early detection and diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Rasalkar
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: F W T
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: W C W
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods