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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Haytham Allaham, M.D. [2]
Overview
An elevated concentration of blood and urinary vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) is suggestive of neuroblastoma.[1][2][3]
Laboratory Findings
Blood Tests[1][2][3]
- Reduced hemoglobin level
- Elevated ferritin level
- Elevated catecholamine levels
- Elevated dopamine level
- Elevated vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) level
- Elevated homovanillic acid (HVA) level
- Elevated lactate dehydrogenase level (>1500 U/ml)
- Elevated neuron-specific enolase level(>100 ng/ml)
Urinalysis[1][2][3]
- Elevated catecholamine levels
- Elevated vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) level
- Elevated homovanillic acid (HVA) level
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Neuroblastoma Treatment for health professionals. National Cancer Institute (2015) http://www.cancer.gov/types/neuroblastoma/hp/neuroblastoma-treatment-pdq#link/_534_toc Accessed on October, 7 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Neuroblastoma. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroblastoma Accessed on October, 5 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Colon NC, Chung DH (2011). "Neuroblastoma". Adv Pediatr. 58 (1): 297–311. doi:10.1016/j.yapd.2011.03.011. PMC 3668791. PMID 21736987.