[Multiple primary malignant tumors of rhabdomyosarcoma in an upper arm and breast cancer]

Gan No Rinsho. 1988 Jan;34(1):123-9.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Multiple primary malignant tumors of rhabdomyosarcoma in a upper arm and cancer of breast are extremely rare. In September 1970, a female, aged 86 years, underwent the first resection operation performed on a pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma of the right upper arm. She underwent radiation therapy (8000 rads at the operative field) postoperatively. In August 1980, a simple mastectomy was performed for a cancer of the right breast. In December 1984, fourteen years after her first operation, a recurrence was detected. The tumor recurred five times during the next two years and was resected each time. The patient died of cachexia sixteen years after the first operation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Arm
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / pathology*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology*