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Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 6 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 185-188

Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Rare Case Report

Ashish Lanjekar¹, Ramhari Sathawane², Romita Gaikwad³, Vaishali Khandelwal⁴, Rucha Pandharipande⁴

¹Reader, ²Professor and Head, ³Lecturer,
Department of Oral; Medicine and Radiology, Swargiya Dadasasheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Hingna, Nagpur
⁴Post Graduate student, Swargiya Dadasasheb Kalmegh Smruti Dental College and Hospital, Hingna, Nagpur

Corresponding Author: Vaishali Khandelwal

ABSTRACT

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is an aggressive malignant neoplasm of skeletal muscle origin that represents 50% of all soft tissue sarcomas in childhood. It is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of the children, adolescents and young adults. About 35% of RMS arises in the head and neck. The other sites of occurrence are the genitourinary tract, retroperitoneum and to a lesser extent, the extremities. In the head and neck region, the most commonly affected sites are the orbit, paranasal sinuses, soft tissues of the cheek, and the neck. Here we report a case of a 16-year old male suffering from embryonal type of RMS in the pharynx and maxillary sinus and posterior part of oral cavity.

Key words: Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), embryonal, aggressive malignant neoplasm

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