title: [A case of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the cheek in adolescence. Its cytological diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration via the gingival fornix].
abstract: The authors present a case of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the cheek in a young patient. The histological diagnosis, on the tumoral mass, was preceded by cytological researches with fine needle aspiration biopsy, carried out on the gingival fornix. The cytology, by immunocytochemical techniques, made possible the diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma. Therefore the authors stress the high capacity of these cytochemical and immunocytochemical methods to demonstrate, not in a invasive way, the small round cell tumors of the skull and the neck in the youngs. This early diagnosis may orient the clinical and therapeutic management of the case.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Pedodonzia, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Padova.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazzoleni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stellini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Infantolino
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Favero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002610:Cheek; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005881:Gingiva / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Su di un caso di rabdomiosarcoma embrionale della guancia in età giovanile. Diagnosi citologica mediante aspirazione con ago sottile attraverso il fornice gengivale.