## Background: Extracardiac rhabdomyomas are rare benign tumors of the head and neck. they are frequently misdiagnosed and possibly overtreated when confused with other aggressive tumors. ## Methods: This article reports on the clinicopathologic features of two such tumors affecting adult patient
Multifocal adult rhabdomyomas of the head and neck
โ Scribed by Dr. Larry Shemen; Dr. Ronald Spiro; Ricardo Tuazon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 413 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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โฆ Synopsis
Rhabdomyomas are usually found in the myocardium. Of the extracardiac sites, the head and neck is the most frequent region where this rare tumor arises. Multifocal head and neck lesions have only been described in 11 cases. We herein present two additional multifocal lesions.
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