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Ossification in a soft tissue embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma

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We describe the previously unreported finding of ossification within a rhabdomyosarcoma of the extremity in the absence of bone destruction. Rhabdomyosarcoma is a highly malignant tumor but could not be radiographically differentiated from benign or other malignant causes of soft-tissue masses containing calcium. Definitive diagnosis and thus appropriate therapy requires prompt pathologic examination.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of California Medical Center, 94143, San Francisco, California, USA

    R. C. Brasch & O. H. Kim

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of California Medical Center, 94143, San Francisco, California, USA

    J. H. Kushner

  3. Department of Pathology, University of California Medical Center, 94143, San Francisco, California, USA

    W. Rosenau

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  1. R. C. Brasch
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Brasch, R.C., Kim, O.H., Kushner, J.H. et al. Ossification in a soft tissue embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Pediatr Radiol 11, 99–101 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00971789

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