Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma metastatic to the breast: Long-term survivor

The case history is described of an adolescent girl with alveolar rhabdomyo sarcoma of the maxillary sinus, who was treated with radical radiotherapy a nd adjuvant chemotherapy. She relapsed in the breast and, after incomplete excision, received radical radiotherapy resulting in long-term survival wit h breast conservation. The characteristics of patients with metastatic rhab domyosarcoma with breast involvement are discussed. In adolescent girls, th e breast is postulated to be a preferential metastatic site.