alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
- alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
- a rhabdomyosarcoma containing dense proliferations of small round cells among fibrous septa that form alveoli; it occurs mainly in adolescents and young adults and affects muscles of the extremities, trunk, orbit, and elsewhere.
Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in the forearm of a six-year-old child, showing characteristic round, spindled, and plumper rhabdoid cells (Papanicolaou stain).
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