Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Middle Ear Case Report
Stoyan Stefanov Markov, Mariya Ivanova Spasova, Neofit Iuriev Spasov, Petya Petkova Markova · 2024
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Description
Stoyan Markov, Mariya Spasova, Neofit Spasov, and Petya Markova present a 2024 case report of rhabdomyosarcoma in a child's middle ear. The disease is a highly malignant soft tissue tumor. It grows from early mesenchymal tissue that is on its way to becoming skeletal muscle.
Care for the disease joins three tools: chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. Large shared trials over the past thirty years have lifted the five-year survival of children with the tumor a great deal. Outlook still varies with the tumor's type, its site, how far it has spread, and whether it can be cut out. The case here is a five-year-old boy whose first complaints the report sets out. Ear sites are uncommon for this tumor, so single cases add useful detail for doctors who may meet one.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Stoyan Stefanov Markov, Mariya Ivanova Spasova, Neofit Iuriev Spasov, Petya Petkova Markova |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |