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CASE REPORT article

Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Pediatric Surgery
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1436446

Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Biliary Tract in a child: A case report

Provisionally accepted
Ran Tang Ran Tang 1Gong Chen Gong Chen 2Rui Dong Rui Dong 2*Shan Zheng Shan Zheng 2*
  • 1 Anhui Provincial Children’s Hospital, Hefei, China
  • 2 Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

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    Pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma of the biliary tract (BRMS) is extremely rare. Here, we present a case of a 2-year-old child who was initially misdiagnosed with choledocholithiasis upon admission. The diagnosis was later confirmed as BRMS through endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). The patient was cured through surgery followed by chemotherapy. Due to the lack of specific early symptoms and the challenges in imaging differentiation, particularly in pediatric patients, clinical awareness of this condition needs to be heightened. Our findings indicate that ERCP is currently the optimal diagnostic tool for this disease, and a combination of surgery and chemotherapy can yield better therapeutic outcomes.

    Keywords: Rhabdomyosarcoma of the biliary tract, pediatric, ERCP, Surgery, chemotherapy

    Received: 22 May 2024; Accepted: 24 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Tang, Chen, Dong and Zheng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Rui Dong, Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, Shanghai Municipality, China
    Shan Zheng, Children's Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201102, Shanghai Municipality, China

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