title: [Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the skin].
abstract: The authors present the case of an 18 years old male patient with a tumor localized in the skin of the nose, which had a fast evolution provoking in a month regional metastases. Histologically it proved to be an alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. The clinical and histopathological characters are described, and considerations about the origin of this tumor are made.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Rabdomiosarcoma alveolar de localización cutánea.