title: Pediatric temporal bone rhabdomyosarcoma.
abstract: Rhabdomyosarcoma is one of the most common soft-tissue sarcomas in children. Prompt diagnosis and treatment significantly improve survival; however, misdiagnosis is common because of this aggressive temporal bone lesion's similarity to more common benign diseases. Clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion for rhabdomyosarcoma in patients with a presumed otologic infection not responsive to medical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Monica J. Goldberg practices otolaryngology at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, N.Y., and is a graduate of the Pace University-Lenox Hill Hospital PA program. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Monica J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D013701:Temporal Bone