Malignant abdominal masses in children: quick guide to evaluation and diagnosis.

Abstract:

:A palpable mass in the abdomen of a child is a serious finding. In this article the authors present their single-institution experience of how these malignancies present and their distribution by age and diagnosis. The most common abdominal malignancies diagnosed in the pediatric population include neuroblastoma, Wilms' tumor, hepatoblastoma, lymphoma, and germ cell tumors. This article provides the busy general pediatrician with some guidelines of how to proceed after discovering a suspiciousmass.

journal_name

Pediatr Clin North Am

authors

Golden CB,Feusner JH

doi

10.1016/s0031-3955(02)00098-6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1369-92, viii

issue

6

eissn

0031-3955

issn

1557-8240

pii

S0031-3955(02)00098-6

journal_volume

49

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