title: Soft tissue swelling in children: case report, differential diagnosis, and diagnostic delay.
abstract: A general practitioner faces regularly soft tissue swelling in otherwise healthy children. Delay in diagnosis of soft tissue malignancies is often due to asymptomatic nature and the unfamiliarity with the age-dependent differential diagnosis. Hence, an accurate knowledge is important to prevent important delay in diagnosis of potential malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics Queen Paola Children's Hospital Antwerp Belgium.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schaefers
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Surgery Queen Paola Children's Hospital Antwerp Belgium.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vervloessem
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery ZNA Middelheim Hospital Antwerp Belgium.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Roover
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurosurgery UZ Antwerp Antwerp Belgium.
authors.forename: Mania
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Praeter
authors.affiliation: Pediatric of Hematology Oncology UZ Brussel Brussels Belgium.
authors.forename: Jutte
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Werff Ten Bosch
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics Queen Paola Children's Hospital Antwerp Belgium; Pediatric of Hematology Oncology UZ Brussel Brussels Belgium.
authors.forename: Machiel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van den Akker
keywords: Diagnostic delay; ganglioneuroblastoma; soft tissue swelling