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Esthesioneuroblastoma or olfactory neuroblastoma is a rare tumour of neuronal origin (14) arising in the olfactory epithelium of the nasal vault. It is more frequently encountered in adults. Conventional treatment, consisting of surgical resection and/or radiation therapy, does not prevent local recurrence. The prognosis in cases of extensive disease is worse than in those of limited disease (5, 10). Good results in childhood neuroblastomas have been obtained with chemotherapy (7, 8). Various trials have therefore been proposed for certain olfactory neuroblastomas. The promising results encouraged us to use chemotherapy as the treatment of choice in a child of 4 suffering from an advanced form of the disease, given the consequences of surgery of radiotherapy at that age.
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Le Gall, E. et al. (1987). The Effectiveness of Chemotherapy in a Case of Childhood Esthesioneuroblastoma. In: Chatel, M., Darcel, F., Pecker, J. (eds) Brain Oncology Biology, diagnosis and therapy. Developments in Oncology, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3347-7_79
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