A rare tumor of the diaphragm: pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma

Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 May;85(5):1802-5. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.028.

Abstract

We present the case of an extremely rare tumor of the diaphragm. The patient was a middle-aged woman with a 1-month history of dyspnea, fatigue, and cough. Chest roentgenogram and computed tomography scan of the thorax revealed a mass located at the dome of the right diaphragm. Pathologic examination of the biopsy specimen revealed pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Actins / analysis
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Biopsy
  • Cough / etiology
  • Desmin / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diaphragm* / pathology
  • Diaphragm* / surgery
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Fatigue / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Muscle Neoplasms / pathology
  • Muscle Neoplasms / surgery
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / diagnosis*
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / pathology
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / secondary
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Actins
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Desmin