Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a well-established multimodal treatment in patients with peritoneal surface malignancies in adults. Children younger than 3 years rarely undergo such extensive surgeries with heated chemotherapy infusion intraoperatively. Only one such case is reported in the literature for CRS-HIPEC for an abdominopelvic rhabdomyosarcoma in a child of 2 years or less. We present the case of a 2-year-old child with abdominopelvic rhabdomyosarcoma undergoing CRS-HIPEC and discuss the perioperative concerns and challenges.
Keywords: Chemotherapy, children, cytoreductive surgery, hyperthermic, paediatrics, rhabdomyosarcoma