Congenital embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; multiple lesions

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Congenital or neonatal rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare soft tissue tumor with the most common sites of origin in genitourinary tract, head, and neck regions and extremities are less commonly involved. PRESENTATION OF CASE: In this paper, a case of embryonal RMS with skin lesions, lymph nodes metastasis, and bone marrow metastasis is reported for a 1-month old female patient. DISCUSSION: This study presents how within 8-months of chemotherapy, the lesions got subsided and the patient became disease free. CONCLUSION: Multiple congenital rhabdomyosarcoma of neonate is a rare finding that should be considered as differential diagnosis of lymphoma and neurofibroma. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd.