Long survival of a patient with paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma with inferior vena cava involvement

• Published in: Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.) Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 978 - 979
• Main Authors: Rodríguez-Rubio, Federico I., Abad, José I., Rábago, Gregorio, Berián, José M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.12.1997; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Combined Modality Therapy; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Lymph Node Excision; Male; Male genital diseases; Medical sciences; Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal - diagnosis; Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal - therapy; Survivors; Testicular Neoplasms - diagnosis; Testicular Neoplasms - therapy; Thrombectomy; Tumors; Vena Cava, Inferior - surgery; Human; Sarcoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Cardiovascular disease; Male; Malignant tumor; Testicle; Long term; Thrombosis; Venous disease; Vascular disease; Case study; Striated muscle disease; Adolescent; Complication; Male genital diseases; Testicular diseases; Survival curve; Inferior vena cava
• ISSN: 0090-4295; 1527-9995
• DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00411-1

A 13-year-old boy with a paratesticular embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and a large thrombus into the inferior vena cava reaching the suprahepatic vein is presented. We used cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest to realize a complete exeresis of the tumor and thrombus, followed by systemic chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Ten years later the patient is alive and doing well without any sequelae.