Primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma in children: Report of three cases with review of literature

Primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma in children is rare. Three children aged three, nine and three years were evaluated for abnormal shadows on radiological examination with pneumothorax in two cases. Resection and histopathological examination revealed embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in all and cystic ma...

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Autores principales: Lokesh, Kadabur Nagendrappa, Premalata, Chennagiri S., Aruna Kumari, B. S., Appaji, L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3715979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23878487
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.113423
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author Lokesh, Kadabur Nagendrappa
Premalata, Chennagiri S.
Aruna Kumari, B. S.
Appaji, L.
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description Primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma in children is rare. Three children aged three, nine and three years were evaluated for abnormal shadows on radiological examination with pneumothorax in two cases. Resection and histopathological examination revealed embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in all and cystic malformation in first case. All the three children were treated with surgery and first two received adjuvant chemotherapy. The disease free duration was 160 months, 19 months and seven months respectively. The literature on primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma in children was reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-37159792013-07-22 Primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma in children: Report of three cases with review of literature Lokesh, Kadabur Nagendrappa Premalata, Chennagiri S. Aruna Kumari, B. S. Appaji, L. Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol Case Report Primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma in children is rare. Three children aged three, nine and three years were evaluated for abnormal shadows on radiological examination with pneumothorax in two cases. Resection and histopathological examination revealed embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in all and cystic malformation in first case. All the three children were treated with surgery and first two received adjuvant chemotherapy. The disease free duration was 160 months, 19 months and seven months respectively. The literature on primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma in children was reviewed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3715979/ /pubmed/23878487 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.113423 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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