title: [A case of chest wall rhabdomyosarcoma].
abstract: A 56-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with right chest pain. Chest X-ray, CT scan and MRI revealed a chest wall tumor and enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. Percutaneous lung biopsy was performed, and the pathological diagnosis of pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma was obtained. The only significant abnormal laboratory finding was elevation of serum NSE (24.5 ng/ml). Although chemotherapy (VAC-ADM) and radiation therapy were performed, the patient died about 7 months after admission. To our knowledge, only 17 cases of chest wall rhabdomyosarcoma have been reported in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kamo Hospital, Toyota, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanbe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanzaki
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D003609:Dactinomycin; D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide