Rhabdomyosarcoma of the tongue.
Although rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) has a predilection for the head and neck region its occurrence in the tongue is uncommon. We report 2 cases of RMS of the tongue, 1 paediatric and 1 adult patient. The child who had RMS of the alveolar type involving anterior two-thirds of the tongue was treated with surgery and chemotherapy and is disease-free at 84 months of follow-up. The adult patient had locally extensive embryonal RMS of posterior third of the tongue, received chemotherapy and radiotherapy but died with progressive disease at 24 months of follow-up.
Doval
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Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India.
Kannan
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Acharya
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Mukherjee
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Shenoy
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Bapsy
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D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018232:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Alveolar / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy