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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Retrospective accuracy analysis of MRI based lesion size measurement in neuroblastic tumors: which sequence should we choose?

Characteristics

Values

Patients

n = 37 (n = 38 lesions)

Mean age ± std.

5 ± 4 years

Range

0–16 years

Time period MRI – Surgery

Median 18 days; interquartile range 27 days

Diagnosis

 Neuroblastoma

n = 16 (one bilateral resulting in 17 lesions)

 Ganglioneuroblastoma

n = 11

 Ganglioneuroma

n = 10

Tumor localization

 Cervical

n = 3

 Thoracic

n = 3

 Thoraco-abdominal

n = 3

 Abdominal

n = 27 (one bilateral)

 Pelvic

n = 1

Treatment approach

 Neoadjuvant therapy

n = 18 patients with 19 lesions

(NB: n = 11; GNB: n = 8)

 Directly referred to surgery

n = 19 patients

(NB: n = 6; GNB: n = 3; GN: n = 10)