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A CASE OF ADULT RHABDOMYOMA IN THE TONSILLAR REGION
Author(s) -
SILSETH CHARLES,
VERESS BÉLA,
BERGSTRÖM BJÖRN
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series a :pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0164
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1982.tb00056_90a.x
Subject(s) - rhabdomyoma , medicine , pathology , tuberous sclerosis
A case of rhabdomyoma in a 71‐year‐old woman is reported. The lobulated, soft tumour was situated in the left tonsillar region. It was encapsulated, easily removable and of a uniformly greyish‐red colour on the cut surface. Both light and electron microscopy showed the classical features of a benign rhabdomyoma of adult type, with large »spider« cells and typical myofilaments, as well as Z‐band fragments. To achieve the correct diagnosis in such cases the most important thing is probably to bear the possibility of this rare, but benign tumour in mind.