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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery > Volume 32(6); 1989 > Article
Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1989;32(6): 1164-70.
A Case of Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Middle Ear and Mastoid with Intracranial Extension
Dong Myeong Lim, MD, Soo Seob Oh, MD, Gil Woong Kim, MD, and Nam Yong Doh, MD
Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Korea
두개내에 전이된 중이강의 횡문근육종 1례
임동명 · 오수섭 · 김길웅 · 도남용
조선대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
ABSTRACT

Rhabdomyosarcoma is a very uncommon highly aggressive malignant tumor originated from mesenchymal cell. It is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in children. According to histopathological classification of intergroup rhabdomyosarcoma study, there are four principal histologic varieties of rhabdomyosarcoma-embryonal, botryoid, alveolar and pleomorphic. Head and neck is most common site of the embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, but primary site of middle ear and mastoid is rare. Authors experiences a case of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in middle ear and mastoid extending to brain in a 7 year old male who was admitted due to headache, otorrhea, otalgia and facial nerve palsy. This case was managed with combination therapy of cheotherapy and irradiation. 

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