A Deeper Curse: A Hirschsprung Patient's Evaluation Unmasks a Rare Association with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome and Neuroblastoma

A Deeper Curse: A Hirschsprung Patient's Evaluation Unmasks a Rare Association with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome and Neuroblastoma

We present a rare case of a 2-year-old male patient referred for primary evaluation of constipation and ultimately treatment of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) whose preoperative workup incidentally revealed a posterior paraspinal mass. Following the biopsy of the mass, the patient exhibited hypoventila...

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Main Authors: Shimon Eric Jacobs, Laura Tiusaba, Elizaveta Bokova, Tamador Al-Shamaileh, Teresa Lynn Russell, Emily C. Rutan, Harutyun Haroyan, Yong Wang, Christina Feng, Andrea Badillo, Marc A. Levitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2022-01-01
Series:European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports
Subjects:
congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
hirschsprung disease
neuroblastoma
haddad syndrome
phox2b gene
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-1758826

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