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Voluminous Extracardiac Adult Rhabdomyoma of the Neck: A Case Presentation
Introduction. Rhabdomyomas of the head and neck are exceptionally rare benign mesenchymal tumors. Rare cases have been reported to involve other sites of the body including the head and neck regions. Case Presentation. We report a case of voluminous extracardiac adult rhabdomyoma affecting adult pat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3521403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/984789 |
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author | Maglio, Riccardo Francesco, Scicchitano Paolo, Magistri Stefano, Valabrega Francesco, D'Angelo Giovanni, Ramacciato |
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description | Introduction. Rhabdomyomas of the head and neck are exceptionally rare benign mesenchymal tumors. Rare cases have been reported to involve other sites of the body including the head and neck regions. Case Presentation. We report a case of voluminous extracardiac adult rhabdomyoma affecting adult patients and initially seen as slowly growing, indolent neoplasms. The patient is a seventy-year old male Italian patient. Conclusion. Adult extracardiac rhabdomyoma is a rare benign tumor that may present with symptoms that vary from aerodigestive tract obstruction to remaining asymptomatic for many years. Although histology is very characteristic, several differential diagnoses have to be considered. To our knowledge, this is the first case of voluminous adult-type symptomless rhabdomyoma. |
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spelling | pubmed-35214032012-12-20 Voluminous Extracardiac Adult Rhabdomyoma of the Neck: A Case Presentation Maglio, Riccardo Francesco, Scicchitano Paolo, Magistri Stefano, Valabrega Francesco, D'Angelo Giovanni, Ramacciato Case Rep Surg Case Report Introduction. Rhabdomyomas of the head and neck are exceptionally rare benign mesenchymal tumors. Rare cases have been reported to involve other sites of the body including the head and neck regions. Case Presentation. We report a case of voluminous extracardiac adult rhabdomyoma affecting adult patients and initially seen as slowly growing, indolent neoplasms. The patient is a seventy-year old male Italian patient. Conclusion. Adult extracardiac rhabdomyoma is a rare benign tumor that may present with symptoms that vary from aerodigestive tract obstruction to remaining asymptomatic for many years. Although histology is very characteristic, several differential diagnoses have to be considered. To our knowledge, this is the first case of voluminous adult-type symptomless rhabdomyoma. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-12-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3521403/ /pubmed/23259131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/984789 Text en Copyright © 2012 Riccardo Maglio et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Maglio, Riccardo Francesco, Scicchitano Paolo, Magistri Stefano, Valabrega Francesco, D'Angelo Giovanni, Ramacciato Voluminous Extracardiac Adult Rhabdomyoma of the Neck: A Case Presentation |
title | Voluminous Extracardiac Adult Rhabdomyoma of the Neck: A Case Presentation |
title_full | Voluminous Extracardiac Adult Rhabdomyoma of the Neck: A Case Presentation |
title_fullStr | Voluminous Extracardiac Adult Rhabdomyoma of the Neck: A Case Presentation |
title_full_unstemmed | Voluminous Extracardiac Adult Rhabdomyoma of the Neck: A Case Presentation |
title_short | Voluminous Extracardiac Adult Rhabdomyoma of the Neck: A Case Presentation |
title_sort | voluminous extracardiac adult rhabdomyoma of the neck: a case presentation |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3521403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23259131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/984789 |
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