Case Report
Primary Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Breast in an Adult: An Extremely Rare Case
Table 1
Cases of primary RMS of the breast in adults: a summary of clinical data.
| Reference | Age | Site | Subtype | Size (cm) | LN | Surgical procedure | Other treatment | Prognosis |
| Italiano, Largillier et al. 2005 [1] | 46 | Unknown | Embryonal | 3.5 | NI | Quadrantectomy | CTx, RTx | NED 18 mo |
| Evans, 1953 [3] | 41 | Left | Pleomorphic | 12 | NI | MRM | NI | 48 mo |
| Sailer, 1937 [9] | 38 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | “Local removal of the tumor” | Unknown | “shortly afterwards” |
| Attili, Dadhich et al. 2007 [2] | 40 | Right | Embryonal | 4 | + | MRM | CTx | NED 12 mo |
| Rasinariu, Andreiuolo et al. 2011 [12] | 58 | Left | Spindle cell | 11 | NI | Mastectomy | NI | NI |
| Li, Zhou et al. 2012 [13] | 30 | Right, then left | Alveolar | 2.5 | + | MRM | Neo CTx | DOD 29 mo |
| Bhosale, Kshirsagar et al. 2013 [14] | 60 | Left | NI | 8 | + | MRM | CTx | NED 6 mo |
| Mondal, Mandal et al. 2014 [15] | 49 | Right | Pleomorphic | 7 | - | MRM | None | NED 12 mo |
| Yuan, Hou et al. 2017 [16] | 34 | Left | NI | 3.5 | NI | Mastectomy | CTx | NED 23 mo |
| Trihia et al. 2019 (current) | 60 | Left | Alveolar | 4.8 | SLN- | Mastectomy | CTx | NED 24 mo |
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DOD: died of disease; NED: no evidence of disease; mo: months; NI: not indicated; CTx: chemotherapy; RTx: radiotherapy; MRM: modified radical mastectomy; LN: lymph node status; SLN: sentinel lymph node.
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