Authors:	Dau, Michael Kraeft, Stine-Kathrein Kämmerer, Peer Wolfgang
Title:	Unique manifestation of a multifocal adult rhabdomyoma involving the soft palate : case report and review of literature
Online publication date:	8-Jul-2019
Year of first publication:	2019
Language:	english
Abstract:	Extracardiac adult rhabdomyoma is a rare benign tumor, which mainly occurs in the head and neck region and originates from striated muscle tissue. We report a 64-year-old male with simultaneous diagnosis of three adult rhabdomyomas including the soft palate and performed a review the literature on multifocal adult rhabdomyoma (mARM). Including the present case, 27 mARM with a range of 2–7 lesions per patient were collected. Mean age at diagnosis was 65 years with a male (23) to female (4) ratio of 5.75:1. Common localizations were parapharyngeal space (35%), larynx (14%), submandibular (13%), paratracheal region (14%), tongue (10%), floor of mouth (9%), neck (3%) and soft palate (2%). In accordance to this review, this the first case of mARM with involvement of the soft palate.
DDC:	610 Medizin 610 Medical sciences
Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department:	FB 04 Medizin
Place:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-169
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hebis:77-publ-591379
Version:	Published version
Publication type:	Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License:	CC BY-NC
Information on rights of use:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Journal:	Journal of surgical case reports 2019 4
Pages or article number:	rjz116
Publisher:	JSCR PUBL.
Publisher place:	S.l.
Issue date:	2019
ISSN:	2042-8812
Publisher URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjz116
Publisher DOI:	10.1093/jscr/rjz116
Appears in collections:	JGU-Publikationen