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European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2015 Jun;3(1):46-9. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1544219. Epub 2015 Jan 28.

Neonatal Chest Wall Rhabdomyosarcoma.

European journal of pediatric surgery reports

Michael Feldman, Zvi Steiner, Gabriel Groisman, Erez Nadir

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neonatology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.
  2. Department of Paediatric Surgery, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.
  3. Department of Pathology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.

PMID: 26171316 PMCID: PMC4487126 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1544219

Abstract

An infant was born at term with a huge chest mass diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma. Treatment consisted of surgical resection and chemotherapy. We describe this very rare congenital mass and the problematic therapeutic management of such a tumor in a newborn.

Keywords: chest wall; newborn; rhabdomyosarcoma; tumor

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