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Question : Chest radiograph of 2 month old boy with hepatomegaly. What is the diagnosis?
Panruethai Trinavarat,M.D.
Assistant Professor.
Department of radiology, Faculty of medicine,
Chulalongkorn University
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Question :
Chest radiograph of 2 month old boy with hepatomegaly. What is the diagnosis?
Answer :
Mediastinal neuroblastoma
Mediastinal mass that shows rib erosion or intercostal space widening must be located in posterior mediastinum. When calcifications within the posterior mediastinal mass in pediatric patients are identified, the diagnosis of thoracic neuroblastoma could be made.
CT or MRI is recommended for defining local extension of the tumor, particular into the spinal canal.In this infant, hepatomegaly is from liver metastasis
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