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Laboratory findings:
Laboratory findings:
*Increased urine homovanillic acid.
*Increased urine homovanillic acid.
Imaging:
*mIBG uptake (>90% neuroblastomas)


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*Near ploidy.
*Near ploidy.
*N-MYC amplification.
*N-MYC amplification.
*1p deletion /imbalance
*Lymph node spread.
*Lymph node spread.
*Distant spread.
*Distant spread.
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*Mitoses/karyorrhectic cells.
*Mitoses/karyorrhectic cells.
*Molecular abnormalities.
*Molecular abnormalities.
International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Staging System (INRGSS)
* L1: Locoregional tumor without Image-Definging Risk factors (IDRFs)
* L2: Locoregional tumor with one or more IDRFs
* M: Distant metastatic disease (except Ms)
* Ms: INRG Stage L1 or L2 tumor with metastatic disease confined to skin and/or liver and/or bone marrow and age below 18 months.


==IHC==
==IHC==