Initial presentation and recurrence of metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma as breast mass

نویسندگان

  • Ho V. Nguyen
  • Shadi Aminololama-Shakeri
  • Yanhong Zhang
چکیده

Rhabdomyosarcoma rarely metastasizes to the breast. We report a case of a pediatric patient who initially presented with a right breast mass and pancytopenia, which was subsequently diagnosed as alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. Despite initial favorable response to chemotherapy, a new metastatic focus was found in the contralateral breast 10 months later.

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دوره 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013