Zolota Vassiliki, Tzelepi Vassiliki, Charoulis Nicolaos, Apostolakis Efstratios, Dougenis Demetrios
Department of Pathology, University of Patras, Medical School, 26504 Rio, Greece.
Virchows Arch. 2006 Jul;449(1):124-8. doi: 10.1007/s00428-006-0211-8. Epub 2006 Apr 25.
Rhabdomyomas are benign tumors in which at least some cells are differentiated as skeletal muscle cells with cytoplasmic cross-striations. Extracardiac adult rhabdomyoma is an extremely uncommon benign neoplasm that usually involves the head and neck region. Rare cases have been reported to involve other sites of the body including mediastinum. We report the fourth case of mediastinal adult rhabdomyoma.
横纹肌瘤是一种良性肿瘤,其中至少一些细胞分化为具有细胞质横纹的骨骼肌细胞。心脏外成人横纹肌瘤是一种极其罕见的良性肿瘤,通常累及头颈部区域。据报道,罕见病例可累及身体的其他部位,包括纵隔。我们报告了第四例纵隔成人横纹肌瘤。