Patient's question:
The child has recently started not digesting anything for the past two months. I noticed that the abdomen has become obviously swollen, and the urine is yellow. The person feels weak yesterday. They went to the hospital for a thorough examination, and the result was that it was neuroblastoma. Is neuroblastoma a common occurrence?Doctor's answer:
Neuroblastoma is a type of embryonal tumor that is most commonly located in the cerebral hemispheres. Neuroblastoma originates from the adrenal medulla, peritoneum, mediastinum, and paravertebral sympathetic ganglia. The pathogenesis involves the ancient multipotent sympathetic nerve cells derived from the neural crest, which are characterized as blue small round cells. The clinical manifestations include high fever, anemia, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, limb pain, and local compression symptoms caused by extensive local compression.