Clinical and radiological findings of the middle ear' embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and temporal bone in the children

Abstract

Introduction: The rhabdomyosarcoma is a sarcoma of soft parts more common in the children. It is considered a malignant neoplasm derivative of the striated skeletal muscle and, which is originated in any part of the body. The head, neck, orbit, cranial base, nasal cavity and nasopharynx are the local of origin most common. Case Report: We describe a uncommon presentation of the embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma in a four-year-old child, with synchronous lesions in the cranial base, middle ear and, frontal bone emphasizing the clinical and radiological findings.

Keywords

• Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Middle Ear
• Temporal Bone
• Child
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging