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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| 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 |
| spellingShingle | Adel Attia Moosa Suleman Hesham Mosleh Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Lung in the Young Adult: A Case Report Case Reports in Pulmonology |
| 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 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Lung in the Young Adult: A Case Report |
| title_short | Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor of the Lung in the Young Adult: A Case Report |
| title_sort | malignant rhabdoid tumor of the lung in the young adult a case report |
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