Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma of Oral Cavity – A Rare Case

• Main Authors: Ravi Batra, D.O.Gupta, Pooja Sharma, Pradeep Bokariya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Al Ameen Medical College 2010-07-01
• Series: Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences
• Subjects: Rhabdomyosarcoma; Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma; floor of mouth
• Online Access: http://ajms.alameenmedical.org/article_Vol03-3-Jul-Sep-2010/AJMS.3.3.2010.255-258.pdf

Rhabdomyosarcomas are the malignant tumors of the striated skeletal muscles. Rhabdomyosarcomas are the most common soft tissue sarcoma of the children, adolescents and young adults. An eleven year old boy who presented with a painless progressive lump in the floor of the mouth since 4 months which was rapidly increasing in size without any systemic symptoms or signs of any metastatic spread. A wide excision of the lump was done and histopathology was reported to be an alveolar variant of rhabdomyosarcoma. Alveolar rhabdomyosarcomas account for almost 30% of all rhabdomyosarcomas. They have predilection for deep soft tissue of the extremities. The tumor may arise at other places also though they are rare. We report a rare case of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma occurring in the oral cavity.