[Adult type rhabdomyoma of the soft palate: pathology of 2 cases with review of the medical literature].
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.
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Département d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Saint-Michel, Paris, France.
Pham-Thominet
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Neveux
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Balaton
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Houissa-Vuong
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Fombeur
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JP
Soudan
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P
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*
Rhabdomyome de type adulte du palais mou: anatomie pathologique. A propos de deux cas avec revue de la littérature médicale.