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
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8 issues per year
Subjects:
Oncology: Hematologic Oncology;
Hematology: Hematologic Oncology;
Pediatrics & Child Health;
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.
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| Keywords: fetal ultrasonography; neonatal neuroblastoma; neurological sequelae; paralysis |
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