title: The truth about alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.
abstract: The alveolar variant of rhabdomyosarcoma continues to be underdiagnosed by pathologists. Yet, the correct recognition of this subtype can be of significant import to the oncologist for specifics of patient treatment. This review discusses the important aspects of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma and hopefully can be of some help in the proper diagnosis of this tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrine and Otolaryngic/Head & Neck Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20307-6000, USA.
authors.forename: Dennis K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Heffner
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D018232:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Alveolar / Q000473:pathology*; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis*