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Adult suprapatellar pleiomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma with jejunal metastasis causing intussusception : a case report
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Abstract
Jejuno-jejunal intussusception is rarely encountered in adults. Management depends on the viability of the involved bowel. Exploration is favored because in adults generally an underlying `lead point' is found to be present. Pleimorphic rhabdomyosarcoma (pRMS) arises from striated muscle cells. They are usually diagnosed during childhood and can occur virtually all over the body, controversially in places were few striated cells are found. In adults, these tumors are rare and are mostly encountered in the head-and-neck region. We present the case of a 48-year-old woman with a jejunal metastasis from a suprapatellar pRMS diagnosed 2.5 years earlier resulting in a jejuno-jejunal intussusception.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Acta chirurgica Belgica. - Brussel, 1946 - 1996
Publication
Brussel : 2016
ISSN
0001-5458
DOI
10.1080/00015458.2016.1181371
Volume/pages
116 :6 (2016) , p. 376-378
ISI
000392215400008
Pubmed ID
27426662
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