Congenital embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; multiple lesions

Heidarali Esmaeili; Mahzad Azimpouran

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.12.013

Congenital embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; multiple lesions

Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017:31:47-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.12.013. Epub 2017 Jan 5.

Authors

Heidarali Esmaeili¹, Mahzad Azimpouran²

Affiliations

¹ Department of General pathology, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran. Electronic address: aliesmaeili62@yahoo.com.
² Department of General pathology, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran. Electronic address: mahzad.a.ma@gmail.com.

Abstract

Introduction: Congenital or neonatal rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare soft tissue tumor with the most common sites of origin in genitourinary tract, head, and neck regions and extremities are less commonly involved.

Presentation of case: In this paper, a case of embryonal RMS with skin lesions, lymph nodes metastasis, and bone marrow metastasis is reported for a 1-month old female patient.

Discussion: This study presents how within 8-months of chemotherapy, the lesions got subsided and the patient became disease free.

Conclusion: Multiple congenital rhabdomyosarcoma of neonate is a rare finding that should be considered as differential diagnosis of lymphoma and neurofibroma.

Keywords: Chemotherapy; Congenital; Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; Metastases.