title: [Cervical osteolysis. Initial manifestation of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma].
abstract: Initial manifestations in a patient with an embryonic rhabdomyosarcoma were signs of cervical spine osteolysis. Initial histological diagnosis of a chordoma was rejected on the basis of the site of the tumor and then eliminated by a second histological study. The course was fulminating over a period of 8 months. Comparison between this case and intracranial localizations of the tumor are possible because of mild initial involvement of the soft tissues.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000209:etiology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000209:etiology*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Ostéolyse cervicale. Manifestation inaugurale d'un rhabdomyosarcome embryonnaire.