Alternative & Integrative Medicine

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Isfahan Faculty of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran

Publications

• Research Article   
  Evaluation of Distribution and Frequency of Neuroblastoma in Children in Azzahra Hospital of Isfahan between 1996-2007 and 2 Years Survival
  Author(s): Davood Ershadi*, Mahmood Ashrafi, Mehrdad Memarzade and Ziba Farajzadegan
  
  Neuroblastoma is more frequent extra cranial childhood malignancy the goal of this study is evaluate pattern of neuroblastoma and 2 years survival in isfahan and comparison with others studies. The counted cases were 45 patients.25 of them were male (55.6%) and 20 of them were female (44.4%). Female/male ratio was 1.25. Primary sites of tumor in 32 patients were retroperitoan (71%), in 8 patients were posterior mediastineum 17.8%, in 3 patients were cervical 6.7% in pelvis 4.4%. In clinical manifestation the abdominal mass is predominant (17 patients 37.8%), abdominal pain in 6 patients 13.3%, abdominal distention in 2 patients (4.4%) fever in 6 patients (13.3%), cervical mass in 4 patients (6.7%), weight loss in 1 patient (2.2%). In evaluation of bone marrow biopsy 22 patient have metastasis to bone (48.8%) and 23 patients have not metastasis (51.1%). In evaluation of peripheral bloo.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/ aim.2022.11..4.382

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