Volume 18, Number 3, September 2006
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Minoru Miyake,1 Kana Chikami,1 Takaaki Ogawa,1 Yumiko Ohbayashi,1 Shunichiro Nagahata,1 Reiji Haba,2 Tadashi Imai3
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2Department of Diagnostic Pathology, and 3Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
Abstract
This report is of an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma presenting in the mandible of a 12-year-old boy. The tumour exhibited rapid growth and resistance to chemotherapy. The clinical findings, diagnostic course, and treatment are described in detail.
Key words: Child, Mandible, Radiation dosage, Radiotherapy, Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006;18:210-214.
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