Primary breast rhabdomyosarcoma in a 17-year-old girl

• Published in: Journal of cancer research and therapeutics Vol. 19; no. 7; pp. 2070 - 2071
• Main Authors: Singotia, Laxmi, Haritha, V S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.10.2023; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Breast; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Breast tumors; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Diagnosis; Doxorubicin; Female; Health aspects; Humans; Pediatric research; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma - diagnosis; Rhabdomyosarcoma - therapy; Teenage girls; Vincristine; India
• ISSN: 0973-1482; 1998-4138
• DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1919_21

Primary rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) of breast is a very rare malignancy usually affecting adolescent girls with a poor prognosis and no definitive treatment established. Here, we report a case of a 17-year-old girl who presented to us operated for a right breast mass with histopathology suggestive of RMS. She had undergone wide local excision with nipple-areola complex along with axillary node dissection for positive nodes. Immunohistochemistry was done which showed tumor cells which were positive for desmin and myogenin and were negative for leukocyte common antigen, cluster of differentiation 34 (CD-34), and AE1/AE3 which confirmed the diagnosis of RMS. She was planned for adjuvant chemotherapy but refused taking treatment. Two months later, she presented with local site recurrence for which re-excision was done, and she was started on adjuvant chemotherapy with vincristine, Adriamycin, and cyclophosphamide regimen after metastatic workup. She then received radiation treatment following which she is at present under follow-up with no signs of disease until now.