Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the left hand with bilateral breast metastases in an adolescent female.
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.
Tan
Geok-Chin
GC
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. tan_geok_chin@yahoo.com
Shiran
Mohd-Sidik
MS
Hayati
Abdul-Rahman
AR
Sharifah
Noor-Akmal
NA
Nuru
Aida-Selamat
AS
Rohaizak
Mohammad
M
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*