title: Concurrent adrenal neuroblastoma and kawasaki disease: a report of a rare case.
abstract: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology and a leading cause of acquired heart disease. It is assumed that there is an activation of the immune system by an infectious trigger in a genetically susceptible host. Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in young children. It mainly originates from primordial neural crest cells that generate the adrenal medulla and sympathetic ganglia. A diagnosis of concurrent KD and neuroblastoma in a living child has been made in only one previous report. We report the second case and review the literature.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Congenital Hematologic Disorders Research Center, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Samin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alavi
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fahimzad
authors.forename: Farzaneh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jadali
authors.forename: Farid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ghazizadeh
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rashidi