title: Multifocal adult rhabdomyoma of the head and neck: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Adult rhabdomyoma is a rare, usually solitary, primary tumour of striated muscle origin that almost exclusively presents in the head and neck region with predilection for male. We herein present a rare case of a multifocal adult rhabdomyoma in a 72-year-old woman. The lesions were located, the first one in the area of the left aryepiglottic fold and the second one right cervical arising from oesophagus. The diagnosis of the cervical mass was obtained prior to resection through cytological examination (FNAC). We discuss the clinical, cytological and histological findings and we provide a brief review of the literature on this entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany. koutsimpelas@hno.klinik.uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koutsimpelas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Lippert
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000473:pathology*