Abstract

The case of a 13-month-old infant who was assisted at the Neurosurgery Service of the Antonio Maria Beguez Cesar South Children's Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, referred from the oncology service of the aforementioned institution for presenting proptosis, exophthalmos of the right eye, is described. and increased head circumference. After carrying out the clinical examination and the pertinent complementary studies, including magnetic resonance imaging of the simple and contrasted skull; Histopathological study, aspiration and bilateral bone marrow biopsy concluded that we are in the presence of parameningeal neuroblastoma with medullary infiltration (stage IV) without evidence of a primary tumor. Satisfactory post-treatment chemotherapy evolution.

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