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FETAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY TO PREVENT IRREVERSIBLE NEUROLOGICAL SEQUELAE OF NEONATAL NEUROBLASTOMA 

Authors: Hironobu Nagasako a;  Osamu Ijichi a;  Yuichi Shinkoda a;  Naoaki Ikarimoto a;  Tatsuri Kaji b;  Kazuhiko Nakame b;  Hideo Takamatsu b; Yoshifumi Kawano a
Affiliations:   a Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City, Japan
b Department of Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City, Japan
DOI: 10.1080/08880010490273037
Publication Frequency: 8 issues per year
Published in: journal Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Volume 21, Issue 2 March 2004 , pages 157 - 160
Number of References: 6
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Abstract

An intra-abdominal mass was observed by fetal ultrasonography at 32 weeks of gestation. The baby was diagnosed as having neuroblastoma at the time of delivery at 39 weeks and its lower extremities were completely paralyzed. The chemotherapy after birth was quite effective to reduce the mass volume but neurological sequelae failed to improve. By carefully monitoring the movement of extremities, it may have been possible to prevent irreversible paralysis by inducing delivery before that state was reached.
Keywords: fetal ultrasonography; neonatal neuroblastoma; neurological sequelae; paralysis
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