Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Lung in a Child
Takuo Noda, Takuji Todani, Yasuhiro Watanabe, Sadashige Uemura, Naoto Urushihara,
Yoshiki Morotomi, Kiyoshi Sasaki
J Pediatr Surg 30: 1607-1608, 1995
The case of a 22-month-old boy with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
of the lung is presented. Brain metastasis and recurrence of the right pulmonary
hilum and parietal pleura developed 6. I 1. and 24 months (respectively)
after tumor resection. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy were effective. Neuron-specific
enolase was very helpful in detecting metastasis and disease recurrence.
Primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma can be divided into two groups: tumor
in the normal lung. and tumor in cystic lesions of the lung.
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