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Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Case report

Extraordinary disease-free survival in a rare malignant extrarenal rhabdoid tumor: a case report and review of the literature

Authors: Francesco D’Amico, Alessandra Bertacco, Maurizio Cesari, Claudia Mescoli, Giorgio Caturegli, Gabriel Gondolesi, Umberto Cillo

Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Background

Malignant extrarenal rhabdoid tumor of the gastrointestinal tract is rarely reported in the literature. It is characterized by poor prognosis and aggressive metastatic features.
A literature review evidenced only 19 cases, with poor outcome.

Case presentation

We report a case of a colonic “pure” malignant extrarenal rhabdoid tumor with metastatic nodes in a 65-year-old Caucasian man. He was treated surgically with no recurrence, no adjuvant chemotherapy, and with 4-year survival without disease at the time of the submission of this article.

Conclusions

We present an extraordinary case of long-term survival due to the extended surgical treatment.
We believe that the absence of organ metastasis at presentation is a positive prognostic factor, although pathology confirmed node involvement (13/38 positive) on microscopy.
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Metadata
Title
Extraordinary disease-free survival in a rare malignant extrarenal rhabdoid tumor: a case report and review of the literature
Authors
Francesco D’Amico
Alessandra Bertacco
Maurizio Cesari
Claudia Mescoli
Giorgio Caturegli
Gabriel Gondolesi
Umberto Cillo
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Medical Case Reports / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1554-2

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