Synchronous Occurance of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Rhabdomyosarcoma

• DOI: 10.1007/s12288-014-0474-1
• Publication Date: 2014-11-14T16:51:08Z
• Authors: A. V. Jayasudha; Rekha A. Nair; S. Renu; R. Binitha; K. S. Reghu; P. Kusumakumary
• Keywords: Hematology; Clinical Practice

Metachronous primary distinct tumors are frequently and increasingly encountered in oncology clinical practice of recent times, but synchronous tumours are still a rarity. We report an unusual case of a 2 year old male child who had synchronous occurrence of rhabdomyosarcoma of pelvis and acute myeloid leukemia.Our search of literature suggests that this may be the first reported case of simultaneous occurrence of these two malignancies.