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A rare case of primary pulmonary embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in children
Abstract
Rhabdomyosarcoma is one of the most common soft tissue sarcomas in adolescence and young adults. Histologically, rhabdomyosarcoma has many subgroups, including embryonal, alveolar, pleomorphic, and spindle cell/sclerosing rhabdomyosarcomas. More than 50% of embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas occur in the head and neck region. The retroperitoneum and pelvis are less common sites of involvement. Primary pulmonary embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is extremely rare. A 3-year-old girl presented with symptoms of cough and shortness of breath. A mass lesion with regular contours, approximately 3x3 cm in size, containing millimetric air densities within, and having soft tissue density was detected in the upper lobe of the right lung. According to the results of bronchoscopy and biopsy, a right thoracotomy and right upper lobectomy were performed with the diagnosis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. We present a case whose pathology confirmed the diagnosis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.

Keywords : Embryonal, rhabdomyosarcoma, pulmonary, computed tomography

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Article available in :
Volume 2, Issue 1, 2025
Page : 33-35
https://doi.org/10.51271/SOC-0031
Article Information
Received : 17 Eki 2024
Accepted : 23 Eki 2024
Published : 20 Oca 2025
Corresponding Author :

Mehmet Hamdi Şahan: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkiye

[email protected]
Citation : Şahan MH, Eseoğlu Ş, Akşamoğlu M. A rare case of primary pulmonary embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in children. Surg Child. 2025;2(1):33-35.

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