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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma on the external ear: a case report
Bruce D Ragsdale1, Jessica P Lee, Jill Mines
1Western Dermatopathology Services, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, USA.
Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
|February 12, 2009
Abstract:
Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma of childhood. It typically has middle ear/temporal bone and nasopharynx as its most common head and neck sites. In fact, 'middle ear' is what is meant by 'ear' location in the many reports of pediatric RMS. This case report, however, is of RMS occurring on the external ear of a young female. RMS in skin should motivate a search for an occult extremity or visceral tumor, which was not present in this case.
