Abstract

VERDECIA CANIZARES, Caridad; ALONSO PIREZ, Magda  and  PORTUGUES DIAZ, Andrés Manuel. An unusual case of rhabdomyosarcoma. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2011, vol.83, n.3, pp.302-307. ISSN 0034-7531.

The soft parts sarcomas appear in any age, although are more frequent in the fourth decade of life. Are called in this way, those tumors originating in structures supporting the body or surrounding the organs and tissues and it is the rhabdomyosarcoma the more frequent soft parts tumor present in children. It is uncommon the irritability whereas the early and late relapses are frequent. This is the case of a patient diagnosed in the newborn stage with a poor response to treatment and progression during its course (something unusual), since generally, there is a good initial response and afterwards may be relapses.

Keywords : cancer in children; soft parts sarcoma; newborn.

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