A rare malignant tumour involving striated muscle tissue.
‘Intracranial rhabdomyosarcomas are rare neoplasms, and those thought to be primary meningeal tumors are even more rare.’
‘One half of these malignancies are rhabdomyosarcomas originating in striated muscle.’
‘Equally unclear is the histogenesis of intracranial sarcomas and particularly rhabdomyosarcomas.’
‘David was diagnosed in May 2003 with a grapefruit-sized malignant brain tumour called a rhabdomyosarcoma, which was causing blindness and headaches.’
‘Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcomas have more uniform, deeply eosinophilic cytoplasm and display cell-to-cell molding and cross-striations by light microscopy.’
Origin
Late 19th century from Greek rhabdos ‘rod’ + myo-+ sarcoma.
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