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A 2 year old Caucassian boy is found to have spontaenous burts of non rhythmic rapid eye movements in various directions. He also suffers from hypotonia and myoclonus. Careful examination reveals an abdominal mass. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis of the mass lesion?
A. Ewing sarcoma
B. Neuroblastoma
C. Wilm's tumour
D. non hodgkin lymphoma
E. Medulloblastoma
F. Rhabdomyosarcoma
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no its not c........... adrianac look at the age
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opsoclonus Myoclonus.... Neuroblastoma......!!
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GO PIROXICAM !!!!!!
i can actually feel ur excitement when u were typing that! LOL!
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adrian.... i rarely get things rite..... so this one surely was a no brainer lol!!!!!
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Thanks sz123, yes the symptoms suggest neuroblastoma..About the age I have Wills tumor is between 2 and 4 and Neuroblastoma before 5.correct me if I am wrong
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wilms tumor.......The disease occurs in about 1 out of 200,000 to 250,000 children. It usually strikes when a child is about 3 years old. It rarely develops after age 8.
neuroblastoma...............any age before 5
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Yep..This is opsoclonus myoclonus and the answer is Neuroblastoma. B BB.
