Childhood rhabdomyosarcoma

Abstract

Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common soft-tissue sarcoma in children; it can appear in any part of the body. Its biological behavior varies widely, and despite the absence of specific clinical or radiological characteristics, rhabdomyosarcoma should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of solid tumors in children. This review focuses primarily on the imaging findings and anatomical distribution of the histological subtypes of childhood rhabdomyosarcoma and secondarily on the differential findings in histological studies.

Keywords: Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma; Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatrics; Pediatría; Rabdomiosarcoma alveolar; Rabdomiosarcoma embrionario; Resonancia magnética; Sarcoma de partes blandas; Soft-tissue sarcoma.