Open AccessAdult alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma on extremity, successful treatment with radiotherapy following chemotherapy: Serial case report
Author(s) -
Arundito Widikusumo,
Lopo Triyanto,
Rochmawati Istutiningrum,
Schandra Purnamawati
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/ijabmr.ijabmr_100_18
Subject(s) - medicine , alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma , radiation therapy , rhabdomyosarcoma , chemotherapy , biopsy , radiology , lymph node , nuclear medicine , surgery , sarcoma , pathology
Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is one of the four subtypes of RMS. Alveolar RMS is the rare type found in adults, with the worse prognosis. We report 2 serial cases of alveolar RMS on extremity which was only treated with subtotal excision or incision biopsy. We further gave a total dose of 70 Gy radiotherapy on the local tumor and 50 Gy prophylaxis dose on regional lymph node after 6 cycles of anthracyclines-based chemotherapy. Postradiotherapy, contrast computed tomography scan revealed no tumor mass left (complete response).