[Unusual site of an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the mesenchymal hepatic pedicle]

Ann Pathol. 1999 Dec;19(6):521-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of children. Tumors arising in the extrahepatic biliary tree are extremely rare (less than 1% of cases). In this location, most are RMS of the botryoid type. We report a case of a 10-year-old child with embryonal RMS arising in the mesenchyma of the hepatic pedicle. Most tumor cells were large, round with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm. A few cells were small round or spindle-shaped. Tumor cells showed positive immunostaining for muscle markers: desmin and sarcomeric actin. Electron microscopy revealed 2 types of cells: some were undifferentiated and others showed striated muscle differentiation features.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Liver Neoplasms / ultrastructure
  • Male
  • Mesoderm
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / pathology*
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / surgery
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / ultrastructure