An Unusual Case of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Neck in an Adult Patient

Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue malignancy in adolescents. It is extremely rare for sarcomas to occur in patients more than 18 years of age. We present a case of rhabdomyosarcoma originating in skeletal muscles on the right side of the neck. Our case demonstrates the importance of co...

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Autores principales: Wazir, Mohammed, Jain, Akriti G, FaisalUddin, Mohammed, Tambunan, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7034753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133267
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6745
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author Wazir, Mohammed
Jain, Akriti G
FaisalUddin, Mohammed
Tambunan, Daniel
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description Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue malignancy in adolescents. It is extremely rare for sarcomas to occur in patients more than 18 years of age. We present a case of rhabdomyosarcoma originating in skeletal muscles on the right side of the neck. Our case demonstrates the importance of considering an extensive differential diagnosis for a neck mass in adults. Our patient was diagnosed with alveolar variant of rhabdomyosarcoma and underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy, but eventually due to recurrence opted for palliative therapy.
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spelling pubmed-70347532020-03-04 An Unusual Case of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Neck in an Adult Patient Wazir, Mohammed Jain, Akriti G FaisalUddin, Mohammed Tambunan, Daniel Cureus Internal Medicine Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft tissue malignancy in adolescents. It is extremely rare for sarcomas to occur in patients more than 18 years of age. We present a case of rhabdomyosarcoma originating in skeletal muscles on the right side of the neck. Our case demonstrates the importance of considering an extensive differential diagnosis for a neck mass in adults. Our patient was diagnosed with alveolar variant of rhabdomyosarcoma and underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy, but eventually due to recurrence opted for palliative therapy. Cureus 2020-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7034753/ /pubmed/32133267 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6745 Text en Copyright © 2020, Wazir et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Wazir, Mohammed
Jain, Akriti G
FaisalUddin, Mohammed
Tambunan, Daniel
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title An Unusual Case of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Neck in an Adult Patient
title_full An Unusual Case of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Neck in an Adult Patient
title_fullStr An Unusual Case of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Neck in an Adult Patient
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title_short An Unusual Case of Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Neck in an Adult Patient
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