Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Lung in the Young Adult: A Case Report

Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) is one of the most aggressive and lethal malignancies in pediatric oncology. Malignant rhabdoid tumor was initially described in 1978 as a rhabdomyosarcomatoid variant of a Wilms tumor because of its occurrence in the kidney and because of the resemblance of its cells...

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Main Authors: Adel Attia, Moosa Suleman, Hesham Mosleh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/323584
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description Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) is one of the most aggressive and lethal malignancies in pediatric oncology. Malignant rhabdoid tumor was initially described in 1978 as a rhabdomyosarcomatoid variant of a Wilms tumor because of its occurrence in the kidney and because of the resemblance of its cells to rhabdomyoblasts. The absence of muscular differentiation led Haas and colleagues to coin the term rhabdoid tumor of the kidney in 1981, Haas et al..
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spelling doaj-art-bb581ab7316d449aa19bd49825290a0c2025-08-20T02:18:50ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542011-01-01201110.1155/2011/323584323584Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Lung in the Young Adult: A Case ReportAdel Attia0Moosa Suleman1Hesham Mosleh2Pulmonology Department, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Damman 31444, Saudi ArabiaPulmonology Department, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Damman 31444, Saudi ArabiaPathology Department, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Damman 31444, Saudi ArabiaMalignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) is one of the most aggressive and lethal malignancies in pediatric oncology. Malignant rhabdoid tumor was initially described in 1978 as a rhabdomyosarcomatoid variant of a Wilms tumor because of its occurrence in the kidney and because of the resemblance of its cells to rhabdomyoblasts. The absence of muscular differentiation led Haas and colleagues to coin the term rhabdoid tumor of the kidney in 1981, Haas et al..http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/323584
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title Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Lung in the Young Adult: A Case Report
title_full Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Lung in the Young Adult: A Case Report
title_fullStr Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Lung in the Young Adult: A Case Report
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title_short Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Lung in the Young Adult: A Case Report
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