Abstract
A case of neuroblastoma metastasized to the maxilla is reported. The patient was a one-year six-month old boy. He was brought to the pediatrics department of our hospital with the chief complaints of prominent fever and swelling of the bilateral cheek. An enormous tumor strongly implicating neuroblastoma was found in the left adrenal glands and metastatic lesions of the mandible and maxilla were considered based on imaging examination. As a result of biopsy from the maxillary lesion, a pathological diagnosis of neuroblastoma was made. Following high-dose chemotherapy, autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation was carried out. After the first remission, the residual cystic lesion of the left mandible was removed. Pathologically, scar-like tissues without malignant cells were observed. Four months after surgery, he died from consciousness disorder due to brain metastasis and aspiration pneumonia.
