| Literature DB >> 18837429 |
Yuichi Shinkoda1, Yoshihisa Nagatoshi, Reiji Fukano, Kenichi Nishiyama, Jun Okamura.
Abstract
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) masquerading as acute leukemia (AL) is very rare. We describe three cases with RMS without any symptoms of solid tumors. Bone marrow (BM) showed approximately 95% of blast-like abnormal cells, lacking almost all of the surface antigens of myeloid- and lymphoid-lineage. The immunohistochemistry revealed positive of the cells for actin, desmin and myoglobin. It is important to examine BM samples by immunohistochemistry, when a flow cytometric analysis reveals an unusual presentation. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 18837429 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21783
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Blood Cancer ISSN: 1545-5009 Impact factor: 3.167