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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 88-B, Issue 7, 955-958.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B7.17508  
Copyright © 2006 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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Synchronous bifocal alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

A CASE REPORT

H. J. Siegel, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery1; G. S. Connor, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon2; D. Lee, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery3; R. Lopez-Ben, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology4; and D. R. Kelly, MD, Professor of Pathology5

1 Department of Surgery and Section of Orthopaedic Oncology
2 Alabama Orthopaedic Associates, 52 Medical Park East Drive, Suite 115, Birmingham, Alabama 35235, USA.
3 Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute Medical Center East, Suite 3200, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
4 Department of Radiology, Section of Musculoskeletal Radiology
5 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of Alabama, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr H. J. Siegel; e-mail: herrick.siegel{at}ortho.uab.edu

We report a case of bifocal rhabdomyosarcoma involving the hand and thigh in an 11-year-old female. We highlight the importance of a thorough clinical examination and an aggressive surgical approach in which each lesion is treated as a separate primary.






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