Etit Demet, Bayol Umit, Cumurcu Suheyla, Erdogan Isin, Tan Ayca
Department of Pathology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
Diagn Cytopathol. 2011 Sep;39(9):686-8. doi: 10.1002/dc.21530. Epub 2010 Oct 14.
Adult rhabdomyoma is a rare primary benign tumour of striated muscle origin that almost exclusively presents in the head and neck region with predilection for male. We herein report a case of an adult rhabdomyoma in a 67-year-old male with cytologic features. The lesions was located in the tongue extended to the left parapharyngeal region. We discuss the cytological findings with a brief review of the literature on this entity.
成人横纹肌瘤是一种罕见的起源于横纹肌的原发性良性肿瘤，几乎仅见于头颈部，男性更易患病。我们在此报告一例67岁男性成人横纹肌瘤的细胞学特征病例。病变位于舌部，延伸至左咽旁区域。我们讨论了细胞学检查结果，并简要回顾了关于该疾病的文献。
