Current concepts in the management of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma.
Paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare malignant disease most commonly seen in infants and children. In contrast with rhabdomyosarcomas in sites other than the genitourinary tract, paratesticular rhabdomyosarcomas tend to metastasize via a lymphatic route. This influences the therapeutic approach in which surgery, chemotherapy and, in selected cases, radiation therapy play an essential role. On hand of 7 of our own patients, uniformly treated at one institution, a review of the current approach of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcomas with excellent therapeutic results is given.
D000293:Adolescent; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009919:Orchiectomy; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013085:Spermatic Cord
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents