Retrovesical sarcoma (rhabdomyosarcoma) : report of a case and a review of 46 cases in Japan

The patient was a 2-year-old boy, who was brought to our clinic with the chief symptom of urinary retention. We suspected retrovesical tumor by digital examination, intravenous pyelography and retrograde cystography. Surgery was performed and the bladder and prostate including the tumor were removed...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica. - 1962. - 30(1984), 6 vom: 28. Juni, Seite 829-44
1. Verfasser: Banya, Y (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ohinata, M, Seo, K, Takada, K, Ogura, H, Takahashi, S, Sasaki, S, Kubo, T, Taniguchi, S, Ito, S
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:Japanese
Veröffentlicht: 1984
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica
Schlagworte:Case Reports English Abstract Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:The patient was a 2-year-old boy, who was brought to our clinic with the chief symptom of urinary retention. We suspected retrovesical tumor by digital examination, intravenous pyelography and retrograde cystography. Surgery was performed and the bladder and prostate including the tumor were removed. Ureterocutaneostomy was constructed on both sides. The pathohistological diagnosis was rhabdomyosarcoma (embryonal type). Thereafter, chemotherapy and irradiation were applied, but the patient died of cachexia which was clinically caused by a local recurrence, fourteen months after the operation. Forty-six cases of retrovesical sarcoma were collected from the recent Japanese literature, and reviewed
Beschreibung:Date Completed 20.11.1984
Date Revised 15.11.2006
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0018-1994