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Sarcoma del tejido blando; Rabdomiosarcoma alveolar; Rabdomiosarcoma embrionario; Sarcoma botrioides
El síntoma más común es una masa que puede o no ser dolorosa.
Otros síntomas varían dependiendo de la localización del tumor.
El diagnóstico del rabdomiosarcoma con frecuencia tarda en realizarse debido a la falta de síntomas y porque la aparición del tumor puede coincidir con una lesión reciente. El diagnóstico oportuno es importante porque se trata de un tumor agresivo que se disemina rápidamente.
Se debe hacer un examen físico completo. Los exámenes que se hacen para diagnosticar esta afección abarcan:
Arndt CAS. Soft Tissue Sarcomas. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 500.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Soft Tissue Sarcoma. National Comprehensive Cancer Network; 2009. Version 2.2009.
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