Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics

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)