Two Cases of Pediatric Paratesticular Rhabdomyosarcoma.
- Author:
Dong Il KIM
1
;
Kwang Sae KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Dong San Medical Center, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea. kskim@dsmc.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rhabdomyosarcoma;
Spermatic cord;
Children
- MeSH:
Child;
Drug Therapy;
Humans;
Mesoderm;
Orchiectomy;
Rhabdomyosarcoma*;
Spermatic Cord
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
2004;45(10):1072-1076
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a malignant tumor resulting from the abnormal proliferation of rhabdomyoblasts, which can grow in any part of body that contains embryonal mesenchyme. In general, rhabdomyosarcomas account for 5-10% of all childhood tumors. Of the rhabdomyosarcomas, genitourinary tumors account for approximately 20% of all human rhabdomyosarcomas, but only 7% of all rhabdomyosarcomas are of paratesticular origin. In the Korean literature, only two cases of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcomas in children have been reported. Herein, two cases of unilateral paratesticular rhabdomyosarcomas in children, successfully treated with a radical orchiectomy and chemotherapy, are reported.
