Retrovesical Rhabdomyosarcoma : a Case Report

This report deals with a case of rhabdomyosarcoma arising in the retro v esical space of a 11 months old female infant. The tumor, 4.2 x4.0 x2.7 cm in size, 40 grams in weight, with marked adhesions to the surrounding tissue was removed surgically togather with regional lymphnodes. Histological diagnosis was rhabdomyosarcoma and metastases were seen in regional lymphnodes. The postoperative course so far has been uneventful and the patient was discharged on 40 th postoperative day, after irradiation therapy with 60Co. The domestic literatures have been reviewed and 11 cases of retro p eritoneal rhabdomyosarcoma have been tabulated (table 2).