title: Ultrasonography and diagnosis of pediatric genitourinary rhabdomyosarcoma.
abstract: Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common tumor of the lower genitourinary tract in children during their first two decades of life. Four patients with genitourinary rhabdomyosarcoma are presented, with ultrasonographic and radiographic findings. The utility of ultrasound in the diagnosis of this pediatric tumor is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urologic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Bahnson
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Zaontz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maizels
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shkolnik
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Firlit
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging