All issues > Volume 28(11); 1985

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1985;28(11):1112-1117. Published online November 30, 1985.

Clinical Studies on 10 Cases of Rhabdomyosarcoma in Children.

Wan Soeb Kim, Myung Ho Cho, Young Suk Jang, Myung Ho Lee

¹Department of Pediatrics, Jeon-ju Presbyterian Medical Center

Abstract

Clinical records of 10 children under 15 years of age with rhabdomyosarcoma confirmed histopathologically were retrospectively during last 8 years from 1973 through 1981 at Presbyterian Medical Center in Jeon-ju. Age range was from 8 months to 12 years of age, and there was no difference in sexes.The most frequent primary site of rhabdomyosarcoma was head and neck area (5 cases of ten). The embryonal cell type was the most common type (5 cases of ten) in the histological classification. Average period from onset to diagnosis was 3 months. According to the IRS Grouping classification, 8 cases of ten was Group ]H and Group IV, which means most of the children were not diagnosis early, and therefore the result of the treament was not good.

Keywords :Rhabdomyosarcoma; Clinical study