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POSTTREATMENT NEUROBLASTOMA MATURATION TO GANGLIONIC CELL TUMOR

https://doi.org/10.17650/2222-1468-2012-0-3-69-72

Abstract

Tumor cells can differentiate into more mature forms in undifferentiated or poorly differentiated tumors, such as medulloblastomas with increased nodularity, as well as neuroblastomas. The authors describe 2 cases of neuroblastoma maturation into ganglioneuroblastoma 5 months after chemotherapy in a 2-year-old girl and 3 years after radiotherapy in a 16-year-old girl.

About the Authors

M. V. Ryzhova
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


O. G. Zheludkova
Dmitry Rogachev Federal Research and Clinical Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology
Russian Federation


L. V. Shishkina
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


L. A. Nikulina
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


T. N. Panina
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


A. G. Melikyan
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


Yu. V. Kushel
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


M. A. Krasnova
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


M. Yu. Zemlyansky
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


D. A. Moshchev
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


L. A. Israyelyan
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


V. N. Shimansky
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


U. B. Makhmudov
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


D. V. Sidorkin
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


V. V. Karnaukhov
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


G. L. Kobyakov
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


O. V. Absalyamova
N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgery Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Russian Federation


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Ryzhova M.V., Zheludkova O.G., Shishkina L.V., Nikulina L.A., Panina T.N., Melikyan A.G., Kushel Yu.V., Krasnova M.A., Zemlyansky M.Yu., Moshchev D.A., Israyelyan L.A., Shimansky V.N., Makhmudov U.B., Sidorkin D.V., Karnaukhov V.V., Kobyakov G.L., Absalyamova O.V. POSTTREATMENT NEUROBLASTOMA MATURATION TO GANGLIONIC CELL TUMOR. Head and Neck Tumors (HNT). 2012;(3):69-72. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17650/2222-1468-2012-0-3-69-72

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