title: [A propos a case of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (author's transl)].
abstract: This is a case of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with a rare clinical evolution. A first metastasis causes paraplegia; a second causes obstructive jaundice; a third subcutaneous metastasis is resected; the primitive tumor is discovered accidentally in the right calf, 8 weeks after the beginning of the disease. The literature is reviewed. Diagnosis of the alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma is often difficult because of confusion with a lymphoma, another type of sarcoma, a melanoma or even an epithelial tumor. The surgeon who removes a superficial node, obviously malignant, in a young subject, should think of this type of tumor. A multidisciplinary treatment associating radical resection, radio- and chemotherapy improves the very poor prognosis of this sarcoma.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: A propos d'un cas de rhabdomyosarcome alvéolaire