Rupture of undiagnosed embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma after shock wave lithotripsy in an 11-year-old girl

Auteurs-es

  • Yu Seob Shin Department of Urology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea.
  • Young Gon Kim Department of Urology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea.
  • Kyu Yun Jang Department of Pathology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea.
  • Hwang Choi Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
  • Hyung Jin Kim Department of Urology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea.

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.1846

Mots-clés :

Lithotripsy, Tumor, Complication

Résumé

We present a case of a rupture of an undiagnosed embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma after shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) in an 11-year-old girl. Although SWL is generally regarded as safe, careful imaging before SWL is important to prevent life-threatening complications in children.

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Publié-e

2014-11-24

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Shin, Y. S., Kim, Y. G., Jang, K. Y., Choi, H., & Kim, H. J. (2014). Rupture of undiagnosed embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma after shock wave lithotripsy in an 11-year-old girl. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 8(11-12), e878–80. https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.1846

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Case Report