Facial rhabdomyosarcoma with an isolated pancreatic metastasis.
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue tumour in children. This is the first time a facial RMS metastatic to the pancreas is reported. The patient was a 3-year-old boy with a symptomatic solitary pancreatic metastasis of a primary facial RMS, with already one relapse in a submental lymph node. Since this was the second relapse of the disease and due to the extensive nature of the mass, the patient was considered for palliative care and a bypass procedure with a choledochojejunostomy, a gastrojejunostomy and a cholecystectomy was performed. The patient expired 6 months later.
Chatzizacharias
Nikolaos A
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Department of Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. nickchatzizachariasmd@yahoo.com
Lakhoo
Kokila
K
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy