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Neuroblastoma

 

 

Differential Diagnosis of NBL:

Benign/Malignant

Differential Diagnosis

Benign

Hydronephrosis

Can rarely cause a mass like swelling

Polycystic Disease

Mass like swelling

  Congenital gut duplications Rare
  Renal Vein Thrombosis Rare

Malignant

Wilms Tumor

  • More likely to have a large unilateral flank mass
  • Less likely to cross the midline
  • Less likely to be calcified

Lymphoma

  • More likely to have systemic symptoms such as fever, night sweats
  • Less likely to cause a large abdominal mass

Hepatoblastoma

Also presents with abdominal mass

Adrenal Carcinoma

Very rare

Renal Cell Carcinoma Can occasionally occur in children

Rhabdomyosarcoma

May also present with an abdominal mass.

  Other non-RMS sarcomas such as fibrosarcoma. Very rare

 

 

 

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