title: Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the left hand with bilateral breast metastases in an adolescent female.
abstract: Rhabdomyosarcoma is a common extramammary malignancy in pediatric age groups, but it rarely metastasizes to the breast. Breast rhabdomyosarcomas are commonly metastatic, with possible primary locations at the head and neck, trunk, extremities, retroperitoneum and perianal region. We report a case of primary alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the upper extremities in a 17-year-old adolescent female who presented with bilateral lower limb weakness and bilateral breast lumps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. tan_geok_chin@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Geok-Chin
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Mohd-Sidik
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Shiran
authors.forename: Abdul-Rahman
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Hayati
authors.forename: Noor-Akmal
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Sharifah
authors.forename: Aida-Selamat
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Nuru
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohaizak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018232:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Alveolar / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*