title: Paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma in childhood.
abstract: The clinical and morphologic features of 18 patients with paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma are reviewed. Although medical attention was sought frequently within 2 months the lesion was mistaken initially for other more common scrotal conditions in more than a third of the patients, delaying a correct diagnosis for 3 weeks to 4 months. Half of the patients had retroperitoneal lymph node metastases. However, with multimodal therapy 61 per cent remain free of disease at a median of 6 years from diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012611:Scrotum; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000175:diagnosis