Rare case of rhabdomyosarcoma as chronic suppurative otitis media

Autor: Lakshmi Kakollu, Vinod Shinde, Anuja Satav, Aastha Bhatnagar, Sri Kancherla
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports. :1
ISSN: 2534-9821
DOI: 10.5455/ijmrcr.172-1649862964
Popis: Introduction: Rhabdomyosarcomas are soft tissue cancers derived mainly of undifferentiated mesoderm Types of Rhabdomyosarcomas: 1. Embryonal 2. Alveolar 3. Pleomorphic Embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas are the most common subtype(60%). Most common in children (0-4 years old) 1,2 with incidence of 4 in 1 million. Male preponderance is seen. Middle ear constitutes 10% of the head and neck rhabdomyosarcomas 3 Most commonly involved sites in head and neck region are nasal and oral cavities, second most common being the orbit and middle ear. 4 Less likely seen in terminally differentiated muscle cells.
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