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European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2015; 03(01): 030-032
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1382821
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Dumbbell-Shaped Rhabdomyosarcoma: Two-Stage Surgical Resection

Mahmoud ElFiky
1   Department of Pediatric Surgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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21 February 2014

02 April 2014

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17 July 2014 (online)

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Abstract

Female neonate admitted to our hospital with an abdominal mass and a thigh mass that were connected as a single dumbbell-shaped mass. CT was done on admission that showed cystic swelling in the thigh with intra-abdominal extension passing under inguinal ligament, most probably lymphangioma.

The patient was assessed and prepared for surgery starting with the abdominal part then after two days for the thigh mass. Distal pulses in the lower limbs were assessed intra- and postoperatively following both surgeries. The pathology report showed rhabdomyosarcoma of the embryonal type.

Keywords

Rhabdomyosarcoma - Neonate - Tumor - Surgery
 

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