Neurological manifestations of primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the head and neck in children.
The authors describe four of their own cases of primary rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) of the head and neck and summarize an additional 25 cases collected from the world literature, each manifesting neurological involvement. The need for early diagnosis and radical surgery is stressed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000209:etiology; D009461:Neurologic Manifestations / Q000209:etiology*; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000175:diagnosis; D011011:Pneumoencephalography; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery