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Adult embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in axilla
Takeo Takahashi1, Kikuo Machida, Norinari Honda
1Department of Radiology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, Kawagoe, Japan.
Radiation Medicine
|July 19, 2003
Abstract:
A case of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) arising from an axillary space is described. RMS is one of the most common soft-tissue neoplasms in children, but adult embryonal RMS is rare. The patient was a 55-year-old man with a tumor of the left axillary area. RMS arising from an axillary area is also uncommon. The histological diagnosis was embryonal RMS. He received irradiation combined with chemotherapy (VAC: VCR, act-D, CPA) for the primary and metastatic lesions, obtained complete remission, and has remained disease-free for over four years as of this report.