A Case of the Rhabdomyosarcoma Involving Maxillary Sinus and Orbit.
- Author:
Kyung Kyoon OH
1
;
Soon Uk KWON
;
Yong Jeong KIM
;
Ki Hwan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Rhabdomyosarcoma;
Maxillary sinus;
Orbit
- MeSH:
Diplopia;
Drug Therapy;
Follow-Up Studies;
Head;
Humans;
Maxillary Sinus*;
Neck;
Neutrons;
Orbit*;
Prognosis;
Rhabdomyosarcoma*;
Survival Rate
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1998;41(10):1335-1338
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Recently, the 5-year survival rate of rhabdomyosarcoma has been greatly increased by combining therapy with radical surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. But it still has poor prognosis and there are few case reports of rhabdomyosarcoma of head and neck with long term survival rate. Here, we treated a rhabdomyosarcoma patient with radical surgery, radiation and chemotherpy. The patient visited our hospital in 1990 with a complaint of left facial protruding mass, diplopia and exopthalmos. She was diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma involving maxillary sinus and orbit. In september 1990, she received left total maxillectomy and eyeball exentration. After the surgery, we applied a 5000 cGy neutron therapy, 2000 cGy external radiation and 9 cycle pulse, along with VAC chemotherapy. She remains free of disease as of her last follow-up in February 1998.
