embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma

embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
the most common form of rhabdomyosarcoma, containing alternating loosely cellular areas having myxoid stroma and densely cellular areas having spindle cells; it occurs mainly in infants and young children and affects the head and neck, lower genitourinary tract, pelvis, and extremities. Sarcoma botryoides is a subtype.

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