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Nasopharyngeal rhabdomyosarcoma

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Nasopharyngeal Rhabdomyosarcama, a common soft tissue sarcoma in children, is a rare identity, only four cases so far have been reported as per the review of literature. Ours is the fifth case presented exclusively in the nasopharynx, which is reported, hereby. The prognosis of this clinical entity is always gloomy and the modality of thr treatment is always surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

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  1. Dept. of ENT, KEM Hospital, 411 01l, Pune

    K. K. Desarda, S. J. Gill & M. P. Bora

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Desarda, K.K., Gill, S.J. & Bora, M.P. Nasopharyngeal rhabdomyosarcoma. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 52, 173–174 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03000343

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