Rhabdomyoma of a Rare Type in a Child: Case Report and Literature Review

Abstract

We describe a 9-year-old boy who presented with dyspnea and with a neck mass which was initially described as a thyroid nodule. At the end of the diagnostic-therapeutic research this mass was finally diagnosed as an adult rhabdomyoma originating from the mediastinum. This is an extremely rare tumor which is usually found in the adult population.

Adult rhabdomyoma of the tongue in a child: Report of a case and a literature appraisal

“…There are very few cases of solitary lingual ARs of childhood reported in the literature. [ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ] A comprehensive search in PubMed/MEDLINE database was done using MeSH terms such as “Adult Rhabdomyoma,” “Muscle tumor,” “Tongue,” “Benign” using various Boolean operators such as “AND” and “OR”. To the author's knowledge, till date, 18 cases of AR including the present have been found in the younger age group.…”

“…Only 11 cases of this tumor have been described in infants and children up to 16 years reported in literature by Cacciari in 2001. [ 3 ] The age group in our review ranged from 8 weeks to16 years. The most common site of involvement is the head-and-neck region.…”