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Rhabdomayosarcoma: A rare disease found in children

Shripat Narayan Dixit, P Mansoori, R Kanash, Gomabai Netralaya Nimach

In this disease malignant (cancer) cells form in muscle tissue. Certain genetic conditions increase the risk of childhood Rhabdomyosarcoma. It is mainly four types: Embryonal, alveolar, spindle cell and pleomorphic. A rare disease found in children rhabdomayosarcoma, is an embryonal tumor and it mostly common in children around or below the age of seventeen years or so. We saw a patient in last week of June 2020 and it was lockdown period due to COVID-19. Initially the child was diagnosed Rhabdomayosarcoma in our hospital but further investigations were carried out to make it confirm. We want to present this case as a case study to see the characteristics about the disease.