Extraskeletal Cartilaginous, Osseous, and Chordoid Tumors in Children and Adolescents

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 255-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin M. M. Cates ◽  
Cheryl M. Coffin
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Metabolic Disorders ◽  
Myositis Ossificans ◽  
Clinicopathologic Features ◽  
Metastatic Osteosarcoma

Extraskeletal cartilaginous, osseous, and chordoid tumors are extraordinarily rare in children and adolescents. These lesions are diagnostically challenging due to their rarity and their overlap with metastatic osteosarcoma, reactive or metabolic calcifying and bone-forming masses, various pseudosarcomatous proliferations such as myositis ossificans, and other rare genetic or metabolic disorders. This article reviews the clinicopathologic features and differential diagnosis of extraskeletal cartilaginous, osseous, and chordoid neoplasms in the first two decades of life and highlights the use of diagnostic adjuncts.

Neurogenic Tumors of Soft Tissue

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 62-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin M.M. Cates ◽  
Cheryl M. Coffin
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Peripheral Nerve ◽  
Neural Crest ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Soft Tissue Tumors ◽  
Cellular Composition ◽  
Clinicopathologic Features ◽  
Genetic Syndromes ◽  
Neurogenic Tumors

Neurogenic tumors are an uncommon yet important category of soft tissue tumors in children and adolescents because of their frequent association with various genetic syndromes. The heterogeneous cellular composition of the peripheral nerve and the wide metaplastic capacity of the neural crest and its derivatives generate a variety of neoplasms with neurogenic differentiation. This article reviews the clinicopathologic features and differential diagnosis of neurogenic tumors in the first two decades of life, and highlights use of selected ancillary methods for diagnosis.

CHEST PAIN AND DEPRESSION

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-575
Author(s):  
R. J. Haggerty
Keyword(s):  
Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Chest Pain ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Pediatric Cardiology ◽  
Cardiovascular Disorders ◽  
Major Depressive ◽  
Cardiology Department ◽  
Depressed Group

The study reports on 100 children and adolescents evaluated in a pediatric cardiology department. The results state that 13% of the population met the criteria for Major Depressive Disorder based on DSM III. There were four patients who were referred because of chest pain. All of them were found to be free from cardiovascular disorders, but all were found to be in the depressed group. The authors emphasize the importance of chest pain in differential diagnosis of childhood depression.

Leukoencephalopathy with swelling in children and adolescents: MRI patterns and differential diagnosis

1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 679-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. van der Knaap ◽  
J. Valk ◽  
P. G. Barth ◽  
L. M. E. Smit ◽  
B. G. M. van Engelen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Children And Adolescents
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