Childhood rhabdomyosarcomas of the head and neck. 2 Case reports on salivary glandular and paraglandular involvement.
Rhabdomyosarcoma is an uncommon, aggressive soft tissue malignant tumor, more often seen in children than in adults. During the past 32 years (1949-1980), 48 cases have been diagnosed at the Montreal Children's Hospital of which 20 have involved the head and neck. Recently, two cases involving the salivary glandular and paraglandular tissue were treated. At the present time, the combination of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are proving superior to any one modality by itself and have eliminated the necessity of mutilating surgery. Recently, five year survival rates of 75% have been reported.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D011897:Random Allocation; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013365:Submandibular Gland Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy