A rare case of adult rhabdomyosarcoma

2017
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dc.abstract.enBACKGROUND: Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare, soft tissue malignancy, diagnosed particularly in adults. It commonly metastasizes to the bone marrow. We present a rare case of an adult rhabdomyosarcoma which illustrates the importance of magnetic resonance imaging in identifying early changes in the internal bone structure. CASE REPORT: A 50-year-old male presented with acute urinary retention. The patient initially had a CT scan of the lumbar spine which only revealed a protrusion of the L5-S1 intervertebral disc and no apparent cause for the patient's symptoms. One week later, an MRI was performed which showed extensive bone marrow metastases throughout the lumbar spine and a soft tissue mass in the lower sacral region. The bony metastases were not evident on the CT scan and the soft tissue mass was out of the coverage area of the CT. Subsequent biopsy of the soft tissue mass was performed and histopathology concluded the tissue to be a rhabdomyosarcoma. Unfortunately, the patient died one week after diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: Although adult rhabdomyosarcomas are very rare, this case highlights the advantage of MRI over CT in identifying early changes in the internal bone structure. Therefore, CT should not be relied upon to exclude bony metastases, particularly in the setting of primary cancer with a known tendency to metastasize to the bone marrow.pl
dc.contributor.authorSparreboom, Benjaminpl
dc.contributor.authorLitton, Brendanpl
dc.contributor.authorYaxley, Julianpl
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-25T05:54:43Z
dc.date.available2017-07-25T05:54:43Z
dc.date.issued2017pl
dc.date.openaccess0
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dc.description.additionalBibliogr. s.397pl
dc.description.physical395-397pl
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dc.description.volume82pl
dc.identifier.doi10.12659/PJR.901967pl
dc.identifier.eissn1899-0967pl
dc.identifier.issn1733-134Xpl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/42960
dc.languageengpl
dc.language.containerengpl
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dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.enback painpl
dc.subject.enmagnetic resonance imagingpl
dc.subject.enrhabdomyosarcomapl
dc.subject.enurinary retentionpl
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dc.titleA rare case of adult rhabdomyosarcomapl
dc.title.journalPolish Journal of Radiologypl
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cris.lastimport.wos
2024-04-10T03:28:07Z
dc.abstract.enpl
BACKGROUND: Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare, soft tissue malignancy, diagnosed particularly in adults. It commonly metastasizes to the bone marrow. We present a rare case of an adult rhabdomyosarcoma which illustrates the importance of magnetic resonance imaging in identifying early changes in the internal bone structure. CASE REPORT: A 50-year-old male presented with acute urinary retention. The patient initially had a CT scan of the lumbar spine which only revealed a protrusion of the L5-S1 intervertebral disc and no apparent cause for the patient's symptoms. One week later, an MRI was performed which showed extensive bone marrow metastases throughout the lumbar spine and a soft tissue mass in the lower sacral region. The bony metastases were not evident on the CT scan and the soft tissue mass was out of the coverage area of the CT. Subsequent biopsy of the soft tissue mass was performed and histopathology concluded the tissue to be a rhabdomyosarcoma. Unfortunately, the patient died one week after diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: Although adult rhabdomyosarcomas are very rare, this case highlights the advantage of MRI over CT in identifying early changes in the internal bone structure. Therefore, CT should not be relied upon to exclude bony metastases, particularly in the setting of primary cancer with a known tendency to metastasize to the bone marrow.
dc.contributor.authorpl
Sparreboom, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorpl
Litton, Brendan
dc.contributor.authorpl
Yaxley, Julian
dc.date.accessioned
2017-07-25T05:54:43Z
dc.date.available
2017-07-25T05:54:43Z
dc.date.issuedpl
2017
dc.date.openaccess
0
dc.description.accesstime
w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.additionalpl
Bibliogr. s.397
dc.description.physicalpl
395-397
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volumepl
82
dc.identifier.doipl
10.12659/PJR.901967
dc.identifier.eissnpl
1899-0967
dc.identifier.issnpl
1733-134X
dc.identifier.uri
http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/42960
dc.languagepl
eng
dc.language.containerpl
eng
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Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa - Użycie niekomercyjne - Bez utworów zależnych 3.0 Polska
dc.rights.licence
CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.uri*
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/legalcode
dc.share.type
otwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.enpl
back pain
dc.subject.enpl
magnetic resonance imaging
dc.subject.enpl
rhabdomyosarcoma
dc.subject.enpl
urinary retention
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Article
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A rare case of adult rhabdomyosarcoma
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Polish Journal of Radiology
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JournalArticle
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