Open AccessAlveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma on the Left Maxillary Alveolus: A Unique Presentation
Author(s) -
S Sudhakar,
V. R. Geethika,
Nageswara Rao,
B. Smitha,
Ch Sai Kiran
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/11263.5582
Subject(s) - medicine , alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma , soft tissue , immunohistochemistry , pathology , rhabdomyosarcoma , lymph node , head and neck , dental alveolus , presentation (obstetrics) , rare disease , disease , sarcoma , radiology , surgery , dentistry
Rhabdomyosarcomas (RMSs) are a group of soft-tissue malignant tumours. They derive from primitive skeletal muscle tissue with head and neck as its principle location. These tumours are extremely rare in adults and it is believed to have a different natural course, treatment response, and prognosis. The invasiveness of tumour, metastasis, lymph node involvement, and the age at diagnosis is a predictor of outcome in patients with RMC. Hence early recognition and histological sub-typing is of critical importance in the therapy of the disease. We report a rare case of RMC in a 50-year-old female patient involving the left maxillary alveolus with a detailed clinical, radiological, histopathological and immunohistochemical findings.