Pharyngeal rhabdomyoma: an unusual presentation

A case of pharyngeal rhabdomyoma is reported with the unusual presenting symptom of haemoptysis. After complete excision of the lesion, the(71-year-old) patient remained tumour-free until his death from heart disease 19 months later. Seven other published cases of pharyngeal rhabdomyoma are reviewed together with 27 other reported extracardiac adult rhabdomyomas which, with a single exception, occurred in the head and neck region.