Breast metastases after bone marrow transplantation for rhabdomyosarcoma.
Two adolescent females with metastatic alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma underwent intensive chemoradiotherapy and bone marrow transplantation, one autologous and one allogeneic. Recurrence was detected in the breasts of both patients, the first at autopsy and the other as the only site of treatment failure. Breast masses after bone marrow transplantation should be thoroughly investigated for metastatic disease in patients with rhabdomyosarcoma.
Chan
K W
KW
Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Rogers
P C
PC
Fryer
C J
CJ
D000293:Adolescent; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous