Advances in Pediatric Research
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Abstract

Clinical and Radiographic Approach of (Nephroblastoma-Neuroblastoma) in Children

Khalid Khattab*, Najeh Lahej, Ali Aljarad and Mohammad Alhasheesh

The study showed the prevalence and importance of both tumors in diagnosis and follow-up, as it was found that Wilms' tumor is the most common malignant solid abdominal tumor in children, and that neuroblastoma is the most common solid abdominal tumor in the upper abdomen in children and infants. Wilms' tumor has degrees of risk according to differentiation and spread. There is a laboratory test through which Wilms' tumor can be diagnosed (unlike nephroblastoma). Neuroblastoma compresses the kidney from the outside, while nephroblastoma distorts and damages the kidney from the inside (renal excretory system). The presence of a solid mass inside a kidney that causes internal torsion of the calyx collecting system is considered diagnostic. For Wilms' tumor, ultrasonography can help evaluate the venous extension of the tumor (inferior vena cava and renal veins).

Published Date: 2024-04-23; Received Date: 2023-10-27