Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Laryngohypopharynx: A Case Report

Abstract

Rhabdomyosarcoma is one of the most commonly seen soft-tissuesarcomas in children and teenagers, approximately accounting forhalf of all soft-tissue sarcomas[1]. The tumor is usually found in head and neck, four limbs and urogenital system. However, the tumor originating from the laryngohypopharynx is rare. In 2008, a patient with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the laryngohypopharynx was admittedto our hospital. Clinical information of the disease was reported asfollows, and clinicopathologic features and current therapeutic principle were discussed and summarized in combination with the reviewof literature, to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of the patients with rhabdomyosarcoma of the laryngohypopharynx in future.

Keywords

• laryngeal neoplasm
• rhabdomyosarcoma
• diagnosis
• therapy