title: Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the common bile duct.
abstract: A 2 4/12-year-old boy with obstructive jaundice caused by a tumor of the portal area that proved to be an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the common bile duct is reported. The diagnosis was made clinically, radiographically, ultrasonographically, and histologically. Surgery was elected as the primary therapy; there were no intra- or postoperative complications. The prognosis and its improvement by means of aggressive chemotherapy and local irradiation are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Kinderchirurgische Klinik des Zentralkrankenhauses St. Jürgen-Strasse Bremen.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: von der Oelsnitz
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Spaar
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lieber
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Münchow
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Booss
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy