Al-Mubarak Luluah, Al-Khenaizan Sultan
College of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
J Cutan Med Surg. 2009 Sep-Oct;13(5):276-9. doi: 10.2310/7750.2009.08048.
Rhabdomyosarcomas are a heterogeneous group of malignant tumors representing the most common soft tissue sarcoma of childhood. A delay in diagnosis is not uncommon.
To report a boy with paranasal rhabdomyosarcoma who was misdiagnosed and treated for infantile hemangioma.
A 2-year-old Saudi boy who presented with a progressively increasing nasal mass for 18 months was misdiagnosed and treated for infantile hemangioma at an outside hospital. Histopathologic examination revealed paranasal rhabdomyosarcoma.
We review some clinical clues that can alert the physician to malignant childhood tumors. We also review management options for childhood rhabdomyosarcoma.
