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Congenital Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Presenting as a Blueberry Muffin Baby
Author(s) -
Kitagawa Nobuko,
Arata Jirô,
Ohtsuki Yuji,
Hayashi Kazuhiko,
Oomori Yasuhiro,
Tomoda Takashi
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1989.tb01291.x
Subject(s) - alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma , rhabdomyosarcoma , medicine , neuroblastoma , pathology , sarcoma , biology , genetics , cell culture
Congenital alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in a newborn was reported. She had multiple subcutaneous tumors and looked like a blueberry muffin baby. From the clinical signs and the histological pictures, a diagnosis of neuroblastoma was considered. Laboratory data showed no abnormalities. Electron microscopic examination revealed myofilament and incipient stria formation. On the basis of these data, a final diagnosis of congenital alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma associated with multiple skin metastases was made.