Cervical ganglioneuroblastoma in a 6-year-old child (case report and literature review)

Abstract

Ganglioneuroblastoma is a primitive neuroectodermal tumor that contains neuroblasts at various degrees of differentiation and mature ganglion cells. The tumor is usually located in the adrenal glands and the retroperitoneum. Paravertebral ganglioneuroblastomas are extremely rare. The article presents a clinical case of cervical ganglioneuroblastoma in a 9-year-old boy and a literature review on clinical features of cervical ganglioneuroblastoma diagnosis in children, as well as management of patients with a morphologically verified tumor.