title: Puerperal renal rhabdomyosarcoma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Renal rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare malignant mesenchymal tumor with an aggressive clinical course. We describe the case of a 39-year-old woman with a large rhabdomyosarcoma of the left kidney serendipitously discovered ultrasonographically subsequent to cesarean section. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of renal rhabdomyosarcoma during pregnancy. The importance of ultrasound examination in the differential diagnosis of gestational flank pain is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meir
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wygoda
authors.forename: Orna
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Reichman
authors.forename: Ofer N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Gofrit
authors.forename: Galina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pizov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011644:Puerperal Disorders; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography