Primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma in an adult with neurofibromatosis-1

Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Oct;88(4):1356-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.083.

Abstract

Rhabdomyosarcomas arising in various tissues associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 have been sporadically described in children and young adults. We report a unique case of primary pulmonary rhabdomyosarcoma in an adult with neurofibromatosis type 1. A right lower lobectomy was performed. The Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study IV postsurgical grouping classification was 1A. The patient is scheduled for chemotherapy without adjuvant radiation therapy as per standard pediatric protocol.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / complications*
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / diagnosis
  • Pneumonectomy / methods
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / diagnosis
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / etiology*
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed