Olive ingestion causing a false suspicion of relapsed neuroblastoma: A case of "oliveblastoma?"
Pediatr Blood Cancer
; 65(10): e27248, 2018 10.
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ABSTRACT
Measurement of the urine catecholamine metabolites homovanillic acid (HVA) and vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) are the standard method for detecting disease recurrence in neuroblastoma. We present a case of abnormal concentrations of catecholamine metabolites that prompted investigations for relapsed neuroblastoma. However, further study revealed that the abnormal biochemistry was likely due to ingestion of olives. Olive ingestion should be considered when interpreting urine HVA and VMA results, and excluded if concentrations are unexpectedly abnormal.
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Ácido Vanilmandélico
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Olea
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Ácido Homovanílico
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Recidiva Local de Neoplasia
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Neuroblastoma
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article