Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Mediastinum: A Case Report and Literature Review

Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) of the mediastinum is an aggressive tumor that is extremely rare. To date, only 24 cases of the mediastinal MRT have been reported in adults and 9 cases in the pediatric age group under the age of 18 years. We report a rare case of such tumor and review the literature...

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Autores principales: Ng, Wing Ki, Toe, Boon Ping, Lau, Hin Yue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6702892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31448158
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JCIS-9-7
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description Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) of the mediastinum is an aggressive tumor that is extremely rare. To date, only 24 cases of the mediastinal MRT have been reported in adults and 9 cases in the pediatric age group under the age of 18 years. We report a rare case of such tumor and review the literature on its clinical and imaging features as well as its treatment and prognostic outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-67028922019-08-23 Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Mediastinum: A Case Report and Literature Review Ng, Wing Ki Toe, Boon Ping Lau, Hin Yue J Clin Imaging Sci Case Report Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) of the mediastinum is an aggressive tumor that is extremely rare. To date, only 24 cases of the mediastinal MRT have been reported in adults and 9 cases in the pediatric age group under the age of 18 years. We report a rare case of such tumor and review the literature on its clinical and imaging features as well as its treatment and prognostic outcomes. Scientific Scholar 2019-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6702892/ /pubmed/31448158 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/JCIS-9-7 Text en © 2019 - Published by Scientific Scholar on behalf of Journal of Clinical Imaging Science https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Mediastinum: A Case Report and Literature Review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6702892/
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