Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the biliary tree mimicking a choledochal cyst.
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) of biliary tree is a rare type of mesenchymal neoplasm diagnosed at surgery or by preoperative liver biopsy. We present a one year eight months old child who mimicked a choledochal cyst and was eventually treated with surgery, chemotherapy with IRS IV protocol and adjuvant postoperative radiotherapy to surgical bed with 6 MV photons to a dose of 5040 cGy in 28 fractions.
Nemade
Bhushan
B
Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Talapatra
Kaustav
K
Shet
Tanuja
T
Banavali
Shripad
S
Muckaden
Mary Ann
MA
Laskar
Siddhartha
S
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures; D015529:Choledochal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003138:Common Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy