title: Rhabdomyosarcoma of the posterior chest wall in a newborn: a case report.
abstract: Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue malignancy of childhood, but may occur extremely rarely in the neonatal period. There are only a few reports of rhabdomyosarcoma in neonates. Although, it may arise anywhere in the body, the head and neck, and genitourinary regions are the most frequent sites. Truncal and chest wall rhabdomyosarcoma is relatively rare occurrence. We report a neonate with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma arising from the posterior chest wall muscles at birth. Computer Tomography scan raised the possibility of rhabdomyosarcoma or neurofibroma, fine-needle aspiration cytology was inconclusive. Total excision was done and chemotherapy given. At 6 months child is without recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, M.G.M Medical College & M.Y. Hospital, Indore - 452001, India. dronkarsingh@gmail.com
authors.forename: Onkar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Shilpi Singh
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Upadhyaya
authors.forename: Shashi Shankar
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Brijesh Kumar
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Lahoti
authors.forename: K Raj
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Mathur