title: [Adult type rhabdomyoma of the soft palate: pathology of 2 cases with review of the medical literature].
abstract: In this paper, the authors report two cases of adult type rhabdomyomas of the soft palate. This tumor is composed of striated muscle cells containing striations and intracytoplasmic rod-shaped inclusions. In specimens already fixed in aqueous fixators (formalin...), some tumor cells presented a fixation artefact and displayed the morphology of so-called "spiderweb cells". Adult type rhabdomyoma is a real tumor. Total surgical removal is sufficient to cure the patient of this tumor in most cases.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Saint-Michel, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Vuong
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pham-Thominet
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Neveux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balaton
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houissa-Vuong
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fombeur
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soudan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000473:pathology*; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Rhabdomyome de type adulte du palais mou: anatomie pathologique. A propos de deux cas avec revue de la littérature médicale.