congenital anaplastic rhabdomyosarcoma presenting as abdominal wall mass

Rhabdomyosarcoma encompasses a group of malignant myogenic neoplasms expressing a multitude of clinical and pathological diversities. it is the commonest soft tissue sarcoma of childhood but neonates are rarely affected. embryonal subtype is the most frequent. headneck and genitourinary tracts are predominant sites, while trunk is considered among the unusual sites of rhabdomyosarcoma. herein we report a case of anaplastic rhabdomyosarcoma in a newborn girl presenting, at the pediatric surgery outpatient department of north bengal medical college and hospital on 2013 with a large tumour mass in the left flank region, arising from abdominal wall muscles.