title: Primary cerebral alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in adult.
abstract: Primary cerebral rhabdomyosarcomas are very rare and malignant tumors that occur predominantly in the posterior fossa of pediatric patients. We report a rare case of primary cerebral rhabdomyosarcoma located in the supratentorial compartment of a 51 year-old woman together with a review of the pertinent Literature especially regarding the histological diagnosis and pitfalls.
authors.affiliation: Operative Unit of Neurosurgery, Regional General hospital, Bolzano;
authors.forename: Vania
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pirillo
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cipriano Cecchi
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tripodi
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwarz