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Rabdomiosarcoma - Información general

Nombres alternativos

Sarcoma del tejido blando; Rabdomiosarcoma alveolar; Rabdomiosarcoma embrionario; Sarcoma botrioides

Definición:

Es un tumor maligno (canceroso) de los tejidos blandos que se encuentra con mayor frecuencia en los niños. Los sitios más comunes son las estructuras de la cabeza y el cuello, el aparato genitourinario y los brazos o las piernas.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La causa del rabdomiosarcoma se desconoce. Es un tumor muy poco común con sólo unos varios cientos de casos nuevos al año en los Estados Unidos. Algunos niños que presentan anomalías congénitas están en alto riesgo, al igual que algunas familias que presentan una mutación genética. Sin embargo, la gran mayoría de los niños con rabdomiosarcoma no presentan factores de riesgo conocidos.

  • Fecha de revisión: 3/21/2008
  • Versión en inglés revisada por:Stephen Grund, MD, PhD, Chief of Hematology/Oncology and Director of the George Bray Cancer Center at New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, CT. Review provided byVeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
  • Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

Referencias

Skubitz KM, D'Adama DR. Sarcoma. Mayo Clin Proc.2007:82(11):1409-1432.

Maki RG. Pediatric sarcomas occurring in adults. J Surg Oncol. 2008:97(4):360-368.

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