Diseases

Rhabdoid Tumor

A rare but highly lethal childhood tumor found almost exclusively in infants. Histopathologically, it resembles RHABDOMYOSARCOMA but the tumor cells are not of myogenic origin. Although it arises primarily in the kidney, it may be found in other parts of the body. The rhabdoid cytomorphology is believed to be the expression of a very primitive malignant cell. (From Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p2210)

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A rare but highly lethal childhood tumor found almost exclusively in infants. Histopathologically, it resembles RHABDOMYOSARCOMA but the tumor cells are not of myogenic origin. Although it arises primarily in the kidney, it may be found in other parts of the body. The rhabdoid cytomorphology is believed to be the expression of a very primitive malignant cell. (From Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p2210)

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  • Rhabdoid Tumors
  • Tumor, Rhabdoid
  • Tumors, Rhabdoid

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Rhabdoid Tumor. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018335. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018335
  2. Rhabdoid Tumor. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant_rhabdoid_tumour
  3. Rhabdoid Tumor. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6743515