Rhabdomyosarcoma of thumb: A case report with review of literature
rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare malignant tumour occurring in the hand. though the prognosis for this tumour is poor, when it occurs in the hand, early diagnosis is possible, since the swelling becomes clinically obvious. radical surgical excision even at the cost of significant functional loss is recomm...
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| author | S Raja Sabapathy Hari Venkatramani S Udhaya Shankar Sanjai Ramkumar |
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| description | rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare malignant tumour occurring in the hand. though the prognosis for this tumour is poor, when it occurs in the hand, early diagnosis is possible, since the swelling becomes clinically obvious. radical surgical excision even at the cost of significant functional loss is recommended with possible reconstruction once the disease is under control. advances in chemotherapy protocols and radiotherapy in selected cases has improved the prognosis. Rhabdomyosarcoma arising in the thumb of a four-year-old child is presented. he was treated by amputation of the thumb at the carpometacarpal joint level followed by chemotherapy. when he was disease-free at 18 months, thumb was reconstructed by pollicisation of the index finger. the child has remained recurrence-free at 30 months from diagnosis. the patient details are presented with review of the relevant literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-14089391ea764ea4b0f3889a5d4b05512025-08-20T03:54:33ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2007-07-01400218919310.1055/s-0039-1699201Rhabdomyosarcoma of thumb: A case report with review of literatureS Raja Sabapathy0Hari VenkatramaniS Udhaya ShankarSanjai RamkumarDepartment of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Ganga Hospital, 313, Mettupalayam Road, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadurhabdomyosarcoma is a rare malignant tumour occurring in the hand. though the prognosis for this tumour is poor, when it occurs in the hand, early diagnosis is possible, since the swelling becomes clinically obvious. radical surgical excision even at the cost of significant functional loss is recommended with possible reconstruction once the disease is under control. advances in chemotherapy protocols and radiotherapy in selected cases has improved the prognosis. Rhabdomyosarcoma arising in the thumb of a four-year-old child is presented. he was treated by amputation of the thumb at the carpometacarpal joint level followed by chemotherapy. when he was disease-free at 18 months, thumb was reconstructed by pollicisation of the index finger. the child has remained recurrence-free at 30 months from diagnosis. the patient details are presented with review of the relevant literature.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699201hand tumour pollicisation rhabdomyosarcoma |
| spellingShingle | S Raja Sabapathy Hari Venkatramani S Udhaya Shankar Sanjai Ramkumar Rhabdomyosarcoma of thumb: A case report with review of literature Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery hand tumour pollicisation rhabdomyosarcoma |
| title | Rhabdomyosarcoma of thumb: A case report with review of literature |
| title_full | Rhabdomyosarcoma of thumb: A case report with review of literature |
| title_fullStr | Rhabdomyosarcoma of thumb: A case report with review of literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rhabdomyosarcoma of thumb: A case report with review of literature |
| title_short | Rhabdomyosarcoma of thumb: A case report with review of literature |
| title_sort | rhabdomyosarcoma of thumb a case report with review of literature |
| topic | hand tumour pollicisation rhabdomyosarcoma |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699201 |
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