[Multiple primary malignant tumors of rhabdomyosarcoma in an upper arm and breast cancer].
Multiple primary malignant tumors of rhabdomyosarcoma in a upper arm and cancer of breast are extremely rare. In September 1970, a female, aged 86 years, underwent the first resection operation performed on a pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma of the right upper arm. She underwent radiation therapy (8000 rads at the operative field) postoperatively. In August 1980, a simple mastectomy was performed for a cancer of the right breast. In December 1984, fourteen years after her first operation, a recurrence was detected. The tumor recurred five times during the next two years and was resected each time. The patient died of cachexia sixteen years after the first operation.
Shinjo
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Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Nagoya Hospital.
Asai
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Saito
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Tuboi
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Tamura
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001132:Arm; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*