raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:251877

Ganglioneuroblastoma

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Not applicable
Age of onset
Childhood, Infancy
Status
active

Ganglioneuroblastoma is a rare type of primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET), affecting almost exclusively infants and young children under the age of 10, usually occurring in the posterior mediastinum, adrenal medulla and extra-adrenal retroperitoneum (but sometimes in the neck and pelvis), with metastasis most often presenting in the bones, and characterized clinically by pain, stridor, shortness of breath, peripheral neurological signs, superior vena cava syndrome and congenital Horner syndrome, depending on the location of the tumor.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enGanglioneuroblastoma
frGanglioneuroblastome
deGanglioneuroblastom
esGanglioneuroblastoma
itGanglioneuroblastoma
nlGanglioneuroblastoom
ptGlanglioneuroblastoma
plNerwiak zwojokomórkowy zarodkowy
csGanglioneuroblastom
ukГангліоневробластома
zh神经节成神经细胞瘤
trGanglionöroblastom

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10C71.9NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-112A00.11NTBTattributedvalidated
MONDO0005035Evalidated
MeSHD018305Evalidated
UMLSC0206718Evalidated
MedDRA10017708Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (1):

No children.

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Genes

1 direct
GeneAssociationStatusHGNCEnsemblOMIMLocusNameSource of validation
ALKMajor susceptibility factor inAssessedHGNC:427ENSG000001710941055902p23.2-p23.1ALK receptor tyrosine kinase20301782[PMID]
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Prevalence and incidence

2 records
TypeClassValueAreaQualificationValidationSource
Cases/families425 casesWorldwideCase(s)ValidatedNCDB National Cancer Database[OTHER]_36171902[PMID]_36405824[PMID]
Point prevalence<1 / 1 000 000—WorldwideClass onlyValidatedNCDB National Cancer Database[OTHER]_36171902[PMID]_36405824[PMID]_ORPHANET

Value is Orphadata's ValMoy: the mean estimate per 100 000 for prevalence and incidence, the number of cases or families for case reports.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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Sources for this card