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Botryoid-Type Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma

MedGen UID:
227014
Concept ID:
C1306573
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Botryoid sarcoma; Botryoid Sarcoma; Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, pleomorphic; Sarcoma botryoides; Sarcoma Botryoides
SNOMED CT: Sarcoma botryoides (404052009); Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, pleomorphic (14269005); Botryoid sarcoma (405943005); Sarcoma botryoides (405943005)

Definition

A morphologic variant of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma arising from organs with a mucosal epithelial surface. It is characterized by the formation of a cambium layer in the affected tissue and polypoid nodules within an abundant myxoid stroma. [from NCI]

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Gullo I, Batista R, Rodrigues-Pereira P, Soares P, Barroca H, do Bom-Sucesso M, Sobrinho-Simões M
Am J Clin Pathol 2018 Mar 29;149(5):379-386. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqy004. PMID: 29538609
Lee MW, Chung WK, Choi JH, Moon KC, Koh JK
Clin Exp Dermatol 2009 Dec;34(8):e737-9. Epub 2009 Jul 29 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03456.x. PMID: 19663848

Prognosis

Lee MW, Chung WK, Choi JH, Moon KC, Koh JK
Clin Exp Dermatol 2009 Dec;34(8):e737-9. Epub 2009 Jul 29 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03456.x. PMID: 19663848

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