ONE CASE OF SARCOMA BOTRYOIDES OF THE BLADDER IN A CHILD

Abstract

One case of sarcoma botryoides of the bladder of a 4 month-old female infant was reported (Tab. 1 and 2).
Partial cystectomy with rt. uretero-vesiconeostomy was performed, followed by the treatment with 5-Fluorouracil (50mg/day) for nine days.
The patient left the hospital fifty days after operation with fair recovery.
She is still healthy without any sign of recurrence or metastasis of tumor.
Reviews of English and Japanese literatures of the sarcoma botryoides of the bladder were made.
This case reported here was found to be the 27th case in Japan.
Unhesitating performance of early radical surgery has greatly improved the prognosis, once considered hopeless.