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Vulvovaginal rhabdomyosarcoma
Disease definition
Vulvovaginal rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare vulvovaginal tumour, a highly malignant soft tissue sarcoma composed of cells with round to oval or spindle-shaped nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasm that may show differentiation towards striated muscle cells. It usually affects children and presents with a vulvar or vaginal mass that may be polypoid or grape-like (embryonal subtype) and associated with bleeding and ulceration.
ORPHA:206492
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s): -
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- ICD-10: C52
- ICD-11: 2C71.Y
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: C4707823
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A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2018) Español (2018) Français (2018) Italiano (2018) Nederlands (2018)
Detailed information
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- Clinical practice guidelines
- Deutsch (2015) - AWMF


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