Neuroblastoma chest x ray
|
Neuroblastoma Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Neuroblastoma chest x ray On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Neuroblastoma chest x ray |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Neuroblastoma chest x ray |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zahir Ali Shaikh, MD[2]Haytham Allaham, M.D. [3]
Overview
X ray findings of neuroblastoma include; intrathoracic or intraabdominal soft tissue mass, calcification, remodeling of surrounding ribs & vertebral bodies, thinning of surrounding pedicles and ill defined, metaphyseal, lucent bone lesions seen in metastases.
X Ray
- Intraabdominal or intrathoracic soft tissue mass
- Calcification
- Remodeling of the surrounding ribs
- Remodeling of the surrounding vertebral bodies
- Thinning of the surrounding pedicles
- Skeletal metastasis may be observed as ill-defined, metaphyseal, lucent bone lesions associated with a periosteal reaction.
Gallery
-
![Neuroblastoma observed on chest X ray as a large left sided paraspinal mass.[1]](/images/f/f1/X_ray_neuroblastoma.jpg)
Neuroblastoma observed on chest X ray as a large left sided paraspinal mass.[1]
![Neuroblastoma observed on chest X ray as a large left sided paraspinal mass.[1]](/index.php/File:X_ray_neuroblastoma.jpg)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neuroblastoma. Radiopaedia (2015) http://radiopaedia.org/articles/neuroblastoma Accessed on October, 8 2015
- ↑ M. P. Hiorns & C. M. Owens (2001). "Radiology of neuroblastoma in children". European radiology. 11 (10): 2071–2081. doi:10.1007/s003300100931. PMID 11702143.