title: Congenitally absent thoracic pedicle in a child with rhabdomyosarcoma.
abstract: A case of congenital absence of a thoracic pedicle is reported in a 9 year old boy with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the eyelid. In this clinical setting a surgical exploration was necessary in order to differentiate a developmental anomaly from an acquired metastatic deposit.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging