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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Most common paediatric sarcoma. | *Most common paediatric sarcoma. | ||
**Classically in the head and neck region.<ref name=pmid10465231>{{Cite journal | last1 = Rosenthal | first1 = TC. | last2 = Kraybill | first2 = W. | title = Soft tissue sarcomas: integrating primary care recognition with tertiary care center treatment. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 60 | issue = 2 | pages = 567-72 | month = Aug | year = 1999 | doi = | PMID = 10465231 | URL = http://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/0801/p567.html }}</ref> | |||
*Most common sarcoma in [[Li-Fraumeni syndrome]].<ref name=PST14feb11>PST. 14 February 2011.</ref> | *Most common sarcoma in [[Li-Fraumeni syndrome]].<ref name=PST14feb11>PST. 14 February 2011.</ref> | ||
*~6% of all childhood cancer. | *~6% of all childhood cancer. | ||
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*Several classification of RMS exist - see: [http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v14/n5/fig_tab/3880339t1.html#figure-title Classifications of Rhabdomyosarcoma].<ref name=pmid11353062>{{Cite journal | last1 = Parham | first1 = DM. | title = Pathologic classification of rhabdomyosarcomas and correlations with molecular studies. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 14 | issue = 5 | pages = 506-14 | month = May | year = 2001 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3880339 | PMID = 11353062 }} | *Several classification of RMS exist - see: [http://www.nature.com/modpathol/journal/v14/n5/fig_tab/3880339t1.html#figure-title Classifications of Rhabdomyosarcoma].<ref name=pmid11353062>{{Cite journal | last1 = Parham | first1 = DM. | title = Pathologic classification of rhabdomyosarcomas and correlations with molecular studies. | journal = Mod Pathol | volume = 14 | issue = 5 | pages = 506-14 | month = May | year = 2001 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.3880339 | PMID = 11353062 }} | ||
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==Gross== | |||
Sarcoma botryoides (embryonal RMS) - distinctive appearance: | |||
*Grapes on the vine-like clusters. | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/35441329@N05/4985992462/in/photostream/ Sarcoma Boytriodes (flickr.com)]. | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||