Non‑syndromic first case of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma originating from the umbilical left medial ligament: A case report

Meltem Kaba; Çetin Ali Karadağ; Serkan Odabaşi; Dildar Bahar Genç

doi:10.3892/ol.2023.14171

Non‑syndromic first case of pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma originating from the umbilical left medial ligament: A case report

Oncol Lett. 2023 Dec 1;27(1):38. doi: 10.3892/ol.2023.14171. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Meltem Kaba¹, Çetin Ali Karadağ¹, Serkan Odabaşi¹, Dildar Bahar Genç²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Sarıyer, 34453 İstanbul, Turkey.
² Department of Pediatric Oncology, Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Sarıyer, 34453 İstanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma in children. The present study reports the case of a 2-year-old female who presented with abdominal pain and a palpable abdominal mass. Radiological investigations failed to reveal the tissue origin of the mass and a tru-cut biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of embryonal RMS. Surgical excision was performed after neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. The pelvic end of the mass was observed to continue with the left medial umbilical ligament. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, and follow-up imaging showed no evidence of recurrence. Τhe present case report is the first non-syndromic case with left umbilical medial ligament-originated RMS.

Keywords: CS; RMS; childhood; left medial ligament; urachus.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

Funding: No funding was received.