Difference between revisions of "Rhabdomyosarcoma"

Jump to navigation Jump to search
1,391 bytes added ,  04:27, 17 September 2014
+infobox
(+infobox)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{ Infobox diagnosis
| Name      = {{PAGENAME}}
| Image      = Alveolar_rhabdomyosarcoma_-_very_high_mag.jpg
| Width      =
| Caption    = Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. [[H&E stain]].
| Synonyms  =
| Micro      = +/-rhabdomyoblasts (eccentric nucleus, moderate amount of intensly eosinophilic cytoplasm, striations - not common); alveolar RMS: alveolus-like pattern (classic); embryonal RMS: [[small round cell tumour]]
| Subtypes  = embryonal (spindle cell subtype, botryoid), alveolar (translocation-positive, translocation-negative), undifferentiated
| LMDDx      = [[small round cell tumours]] - esp. [[small cell carcinoma]] and (large cell) [[lymphoma]]s
| Stains    =
| IHC        = desmin (best marker) +ve, actin +ve, myogenin +ve, CD56 +ve (common), synaptophysin -ve/+ve, chromogranin -ve/+ve, cytokeratins -ve/+ve
| EM        = sarcomeric like structures - typically in U-shaped cells
| Molecular  = alveolar RMS (~85% of cases): t(2,13) PAX3/FKHR fusion gene ''or'' t(1,13) PAX7/FKHR fusion gene
| IF        =
| Gross      =
| Grossing  =
| Site      = [[soft tissue]] - skeletal muscle (alveolar RMS), non-muscle site (embryonal RMS)
| Assdx      =
| Syndromes  =
| Clinicalhx =
| Signs      =
| Symptoms  =
| Prevalence =
| Bloodwork  =
| Rads      =
| Endoscopy  =
| Prognosis  =
| Other      =
| ClinDDx    = other soft tissue tumours
| Tx        =
}}
'''Rhabdomyosarcoma''', often abbreviated '''RMS''', is a [[malignant]] tumour of skeletal muscle.
'''Rhabdomyosarcoma''', often abbreviated '''RMS''', is a [[malignant]] tumour of skeletal muscle.


Line 12: Line 43:
#*Usually young adults/adolescents.
#*Usually young adults/adolescents.
#*Early mets common.
#*Early mets common.
#*Usu. arises in regions with skeletal muscle.
#*Usually arises in regions with skeletal muscle.
#Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.
#Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma.
#*Usual <10 years old.
#*Usual <10 years old.
#*Typically locally invasive.
#*Typically locally invasive.
#*Usu. arises in regions '''without''' skeletal muscle.
#*Usually arises in regions '''without''' skeletal muscle.


Less common types:<ref name=pmid12110339>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hicks | first1 = J. | last2 = Flaitz | first2 = C. | title = Rhabdomyosarcoma of the head and neck in children. | journal = Oral Oncol | volume = 38 | issue = 5 | pages = 450-9 | month = Jul | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 12110339 }}</ref>
Less common types:<ref name=pmid12110339>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hicks | first1 = J. | last2 = Flaitz | first2 = C. | title = Rhabdomyosarcoma of the head and neck in children. | journal = Oral Oncol | volume = 38 | issue = 5 | pages = 450-9 | month = Jul | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 12110339 }}</ref>
Line 57: Line 88:


Other features:
Other features:
*Nuclear pleomorphism - common.
*[[Nuclear pleomorphism]] - common.
*Mitoses - common.
*Mitoses - common.


Line 172: Line 203:
==[[Electron microscopy]]==
==[[Electron microscopy]]==
Features:
Features:
*Sarcomeric like structures - usu. in "bent" cells; cells that are U-shaped.
*Sarcomeric like structures - usually in "bent" cells; cells that are U-shaped.


==Molecular diagnostics==
==Molecular diagnostics==
48,466

edits

Navigation menu