Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy: Does Enucleation Alone Suffice?

Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy (MNTI) is a rare melanin-containing mesenchymal tumor of neural crest origin. We present a case of MNTI in a 1-year-old girl. It was managed successfully with conservative excision (enucleation).

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Autores principales: Zameer, M. M., Rao, Sanjay, Chandrashekar, Vinay, D’Cruz, Ashley
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34385774
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_135_20
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author Zameer, M. M.
Rao, Sanjay
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spelling pubmed-83235792021-08-11 Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy: Does Enucleation Alone Suffice? Zameer, M. M. Rao, Sanjay Chandrashekar, Vinay D’Cruz, Ashley J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy (MNTI) is a rare melanin-containing mesenchymal tumor of neural crest origin. We present a case of MNTI in a 1-year-old girl. It was managed successfully with conservative excision (enucleation). Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8323579/ /pubmed/34385774 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_135_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Zameer, M. M.
Rao, Sanjay
Chandrashekar, Vinay
D’Cruz, Ashley
Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy: Does Enucleation Alone Suffice?
title Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy: Does Enucleation Alone Suffice?
title_full Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy: Does Enucleation Alone Suffice?
title_fullStr Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy: Does Enucleation Alone Suffice?
title_full_unstemmed Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy: Does Enucleation Alone Suffice?
title_short Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy: Does Enucleation Alone Suffice?
title_sort melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy: does enucleation alone suffice?
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323579/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34385774
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_135_20
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