BackgroundRhabdomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder in adults is an extremely rare malignant neoplasm that develops from the bladder wall.Case presentationWe report our experience of a rare case of rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder in a 45-year-old Moroccan man who was successfully managed with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgical excision of the mass; he was disease free at 24-month follow up.ConclusionsTo the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a rare embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder that was managed with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery. This is why further studies using a large number of patients with a greater longitudinal follow up will be required.
Le rhabdomyosarcome paratesticulaire embryonnaire est une tumeur mésenchymateuse rare qui représente une urgence diagnostique et thérapeutique. Les formes localisées sont de pronostic favorable et un traitement multimodal fait appel à la chirurgie, à la polychimiothérapie et à la radiothérapie permettant d'aboutir à d'excellents taux de survie globale. Nous rapportons un cas colligé dans notre service de rhabdomyosarcome embryonnaire para testiculaire à cellules fusiforme, caractérisé par une confusion clinique, chez un jeune patient de 17ans, et à l'occasion du quel nous reprendrons l'ensemble des caractères spécifiques de cette pathologie.
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