Mediastinal involvement by alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma: evaluation with computerized tomography

South Med J. 1991 Jul;84(7):924-6. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199107000-00028.

Abstract

We have reported a case of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with mediastinal involvement occurring in a 15-year-old boy. Computerized tomography revealed an anterior mediastinal mass with internal mammary nodal involvement, which had metastasized from a tumor of the abdominal wall musculature. When making the differential diagnosis of a mediastinal mass with concurrent distant soft tissue and muscle involvement in an adolescent, rhabdomyosarcoma should be considered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Biopsy
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / pathology
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / secondary
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*