title: Case report: primary intrathoracic rhabdomyosarcoma: a rare childhood malignancy.
abstract: Primary intrathoracic rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare tumour in childhood. Three cases are presented and the radiological findings and clinical course are reviewed. The radiological manifestations are varied but a rapidly growing soft tissue mass with compression of adjacent structures is the most common. A rare association with an underlying congenital pulmonary cyst is described. The prognosis is worse than for rhabdomyosarcoma at other sites, with a predisposition for cerebral metastases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: V G
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Hendry
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography