Clinical Medical Image Library Clin Med Img Lib 10.23937/2474-3682 2474-3682 ClinMed International Library Wilmington, USA 10.23937 Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Tongue OUDRHIRI 10.23937/2474-3682.1510135 The clinical examination finds an exophytic mass at the expense of the tongue, measuring 3 by 2 cm in diameter. The mass is of muscular consistency, not painful, deeply indurated extending on the left edge of the tongue with infra-centimeter and sub-mandibular cervical lymphadenopathy. the examination also finds 6 coffee-and-milk spots. IMAGE ARTICLE 5 3 OPEN ACCESS 10.23937/2474-3682.1510135 Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Tongue Maha OUDRHIRI Department of Hematology and Pediatric Oncology, Rabat Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco Amina KILI Department of Hematology and Pediatric Oncology, Rabat Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco Laila HESSISSEN Department of Hematology and Pediatric Oncology, Rabat Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco Maria EL KABABRI Department of Hematology and Pediatric Oncology, Rabat Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco Mohamed EL KHORASSANI Department of Hematology and Pediatric Oncology, Rabat Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco Mohamed KHATTAB Department of Hematology and Pediatric Oncology, Rabat Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco OUDRHIRI M, Department of Medicine
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 29 June 2019 Maha OUDRHIRI, Amina KILI, Laila HESSISSEN, Maria EL KABABRI, Mohamed EL KHORASSANI, Mohamed KHATTAB 2019 Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Tongue Clin Med Img Lib 10.23937/2474-3682.1510135 2019 OUDRHIRI M, et al. © This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

A 8-year-old girl present for 2 months a mass of the oral cavity gradually increasing in volume causing discomfort to the mobilization of the tongue, snoring and sometimes deglutition disorders.

The clinical examination finds an exophytic mass at the expense of the tongue, measuring 3 by 2 cm in diameter. The mass is of muscular consistency, not painful, deeply indurated extending on the left edge of the tongue with infra-centimeter and sub-mandibular cervical lymphadenopathy. The examination also finds 6 coffee-and-milk spots.

A CT scan was immediately performed, showing a lingual process weakly heterogeneously after injection of contrast medium, measuring approximately 35*45 mm locally advanced. The mass was biopsied, which led to the diagnosis of embryonic rhabdomyosarcoma poorly differentiated with immunohistochemical study. Metastatic work-upshowed no metastasis.

Treatment was based on chemotherapy and surgery. She has been followed up for 1 year after termination of treatment with no evidence of disease. The patient is not experiencing any major speech problems.

Oral cavity, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Tongue, Child

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