Diagnosis and treatment of adult adrenal neuroblastoma / 局解手术学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics of adult neuroblastoma,and improve the diagnosis and treatment level. Methods The clinical characteristics,imaging findings and pathological features of a 20-year-old patient with adult adrenal neuroblastoma in our hospital was analyzed with related reference.Results The frozen section was misdiagnosed as lymphoma for the large tumor with impor-tant vessels around,the cytoreductive surgery was performed,which was comfirmed as neuroblastoma by postoperative pathology.Conclusion Neuroblastomas are extremely rare in adults.These tumors often have peculiar features and behave differently than those in infants and chil-dren.Adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy should be considered due to their aggressive nature.