primary embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the kidney in an adult:a case report

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sh. fang department of ultrasound, the affiliated hospital of qingdao university medical college, 16 jiang su road, qingdao, shandong province 266003, china

y. sun department of ultrasound, the affiliated hospital of qingdao university medical college, 16 jiang su road, qingdao, shandong province 266003, china

m.p.h. yuan wang the university of texas medical school at houston, houston, texas, u.s.a.

abstract

primary rhabdomyosarcoma (rms) of the kidney is a rare malignant mesenchymal tumor with an aggressive clinical course. adult renal rms is typically a pleomorphic histologic subtype and only a few cases have ever been reported. we herein present a new case of renal rms of the embryonal histologic subtype in a 26-year-old woman.

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iranian journal of radiation research

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