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Pulmonary septic emboli mimicking metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma.

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Stine, KC; Friedman, HS; Kurtzberg, J; Filston, HC; Baker, ME; Lowe, J; Falletta, JM
Published in: J Pediatr Surg
May 1989

Central venous catheters have proven to be an important aid for the care of pediatric patients with malignancies receiving chemotherapy. A rare complication of such catheters is pulmonary septic emboli. This report describes a 15-year-old white girl with rhabdomyosarcoma who developed pulmonary nodules while on chemotherapy. These lesions appeared to be metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma. However, an excisional biopsy showed the lesions to be septic emboli. The patient was placed on antibiotic therapy and responded well. She was able to continue with her "front-line" therapy because the nodules were confirmed not to be metastatic disease.

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Published In

J Pediatr Surg

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ISSN

0022-3468

Publication Date

May 1989

Volume

24

Issue

5

Start / End Page

491 / 493

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Staphylococcus epidermidis
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Pediatrics
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Catheterization, Central Venous
 

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Stine, K. C., Friedman, H. S., Kurtzberg, J., Filston, H. C., Baker, M. E., Lowe, J., & Falletta, J. M. (1989). Pulmonary septic emboli mimicking metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma. J Pediatr Surg, 24(5), 491–493. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3468(89)80410-5
Stine, K. C., H. S. Friedman, J. Kurtzberg, H. C. Filston, M. E. Baker, J. Lowe, and J. M. Falletta. “Pulmonary septic emboli mimicking metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma.J Pediatr Surg 24, no. 5 (May 1989): 491–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-3468(89)80410-5.
Stine KC, Friedman HS, Kurtzberg J, Filston HC, Baker ME, Lowe J, et al. Pulmonary septic emboli mimicking metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma. J Pediatr Surg. 1989 May;24(5):491–3.
Stine, K. C., et al. “Pulmonary septic emboli mimicking metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma.J Pediatr Surg, vol. 24, no. 5, May 1989, pp. 491–93. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0022-3468(89)80410-5.
Stine KC, Friedman HS, Kurtzberg J, Filston HC, Baker ME, Lowe J, Falletta JM. Pulmonary septic emboli mimicking metastatic rhabdomyosarcoma. J Pediatr Surg. 1989 May;24(5):491–493.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Pediatr Surg

DOI

ISSN

0022-3468

Publication Date

May 1989

Volume

24

Issue

5

Start / End Page

491 / 493

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Staphylococcus epidermidis
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Pediatrics
  • Lung Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Catheterization, Central Venous