Nasopharyngeal rhabdomyoma. Report of case (light and electron microscopic studies) and review of the literature. 1984

N Gale, and T Rott, and V Kambic

Rhabdomyoma is an extremely rare benign tumor originating from the skeletal or cardiac muscle cells. Only 87 cases of rhabdomyoma have been reported to date, 70% occurring in the head and neck areas. The authors present the fourth case of rhabdomyoma of the nasopharynx. The tumor appeared in an 18 year old woman with hypacusis. Examination of the epipharynx showed a 2 x 1,5 cm tumor, extending from torus tubarius down to the soft palate. Light microscopy disclosed areas and islands of polymorphous large cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm. Cross striations were focally visible with special PTAH staining. Electron microscopy revealed parallel and haphazardly arranged fibrillar bands (myofibrils) with irregularly and periodically arranged densities corresponding to Z lines. The pecularities of our case were abundant cystically dilated rough endoplasmatic reticulum and the absence of cytoplasmatic glycogen.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008854 Microscopy, Electron Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen. Electron Microscopy
D009303 Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the NASOPHARYNX. Cancer of Nasopharynx,Nasopharyngeal Cancer,Cancer of the Nasopharynx,Nasopharynx Cancer,Nasopharynx Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Nasopharyngeal,Cancer, Nasopharyngeal,Cancer, Nasopharynx,Cancers, Nasopharyngeal,Cancers, Nasopharynx,Nasopharyngeal Cancers,Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm,Nasopharynx Cancers,Nasopharynx Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Nasopharyngeal,Neoplasm, Nasopharynx,Neoplasms, Nasopharynx
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012207 Rhabdomyoma A benign tumor derived from striated muscle. It is extremely rare, generally occurring in the tongue, neck muscles, larynx, uvula, nasal cavity, axilla, vulva, and heart. These tumors are treated by simple excision. (Dorland, 27th ed; DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1354) Rhabdomyomas

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