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| Year : 2006 | Volume
: 43
| Issue : 1 | Page : 39-42 |
Infantile rhabdomyofibrosarcoma: A distinct variant or a missing link between fibrosarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma?
Satish I Rao1, Shantveer G Uppin1, KS Ratnakar1, C Sundaram1, Rajappa P Senthil2
1 Department of Pathology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
2 Department of Medical Oncology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India
Correspondence Address:
Shantveer G Uppin
Department of Pathology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.25775
Infantile rhabdomyofibrosarcoma (IRMFS) is a rare soft tissue tumour affecting infants and young children. It occupies an intermediate position between infantile fibrosarcoma and spindle cell rhabdomyosarcoma in its clinical presentation, behaviour, morphology, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features. This case is reported here to reiterate its occurence as tumour with distinct morphological immunohistochemical and clinical behavioral patterns.
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