Author/Authors :
Hiradfar، Amirataollah نويسنده Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of
Medical sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran , , Pourlak، Tala نويسنده Pathology Department, Tabriz University of Medical
Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran , , Badebarin، Davoud نويسنده Pediatric Surgery Department, Tabriz University of Medical
Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran ,
Abstract :
Introduction: Pulmonary fibrosarcoma has been an extremely rare tumor in children. Wide surgical resection of infantile fibrosarcoma would be the treatment of choice.
Case Presentation: Post-operative chemotherapy has shown the benefit in the cases of residual disease after initial surgery and metastatic disease in the literature. We have presented the case of a 70-days old male child with primary infantile fibrosarcoma of the left lung and distant metastasis of skull.
Conclusions: The aim of this publication was to highlight the role of adjuvant chemotherapy to improve outcome of infantile fibrosarcoma with residual tumor and / or metastatic disease.
