Malignant schwannoma associated with embryonal rhabdomyoblastic foci in a single tumor.
A case of malignant schwannoma associated with rhabdomyoblastic foci is reported. The tumor was composed of two cellular elements. One was malignant schwannoma cells and the other was embryonal rhabdomyoblast within tumor component. We suggested that this rhabdomyoblast might have been derived from ectomesenchym .
D000328:Adult; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery