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[A rare case of congenital rhabdomyosarcoma (author's transl)]
Laryngologie, Rhinologie, Otologie
|June 1, 1977
Insights
A rare embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma presented in a newborn, causing severe facial disfigurement and rapid metastasis. Despite palliative surgery, the infant succumbed to hemorrhagic shock.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Oncology
- Surgical Pathology
Background:
- Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare and aggressive soft tissue sarcoma.
- Congenital rhabdomyosarcomas are exceptionally uncommon, posing diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
Abstract:
A case of a two-weeks-old female infant is reported who was born with an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in the size of more than a man's fist that was located in the area of the left half of the face. The tumor provoked an extreme disfiguration by its rapid postpartial growth when metastases had already developed. A palliative operation in order to maintain respiration and nutrition was performed when exitus letalis occured in hemorrhagical shock and consecutive circulatory break-down.