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Carl M. Sutherland, MD; Edward T. Krementz, MD; James C. Harkin, MD; Vincent Culotta, Jr, MD

Arch Surg. 1981;116(4):474-475.

Abstract
• A 6-year-old girl with unresectable and metastatic neuroblastoma had a complete remission with irradiation to the primary tumor and systemic administration of cyclophosphamide. The patient was disease-free for 16 years but had an explosive recurrence of tumor six weeks after a hysterectomy. Although no clear cause-and-effect relationship exists between the surgery and the recurrence, this case illustrates that a recurrence is possible after a long disease-free interval. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in such patients should be undertaken with caution.

(Arch Surg 1981;116:474-475)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology (Drs Sutherland and Krementz); the Department of Pathology (Dr Harkin); and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Dr Culotta), Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 21, 1980.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112 (Dr Sutherland).

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