title: [Embryonal botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma of the bladder].
abstract: A 10-year-old black child presented with bloody urine and urine retention due to a bladder tumor. Cystoprostetatectomy led to the diagnosis of embryonal botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma. At gross examination, tumor presented a grape-shaped form. Microscopically, the specimen presented undifferentiated cells in a myxoid stroma and subepithelial cambium. The tumor was desmin and MyoD positive. The child died before chemotherapy could be completed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologique, Faculté des Sciences de la Santé (FSS) 01 BP 188, Cotonou, Bénin.
authors.forename: Marie-Thérèse
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Akele-Akpo
authors.forename: Prince Pascal
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Hounasso
authors.forename: César
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Akpo
authors.forename: Colette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deminière
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003893:Desmin / Q000032:analysis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006417:Hematuria; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017570:MyoD Protein / Q000032:analysis; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016055:Urinary Retention
chemical_list: D003893:Desmin; D017570:MyoD Protein; C057363:MyoD1 myogenic differentiation protein; D009211:Myoglobin