@Article{Omakobia2015,
journal="Journal of Stomatology",
issn="0011-4553",
volume="68",
number="5",
year="2015",
title="Sclerosing Rhabdomyosarcoma of the buccal mucosa: a cautionary tale",
abstract="Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a malignant soft tissue tumour of skeletal muscle origin with a predilection for head and neck sites, including the oral cavity. Whilst RMS is the commonest soft tissue sarcoma in children, it is rare in adults, accounting for \<1% of all malignancies. Three main histologic subtypes of RMS are recognised; namely embryonal, alveolar and pleiomorphic. There appears to be a newly emerging sclerosing variant which does not fit into the current classification. Here, we report an additional case of sclerosing RMS of the buccal mucosa in a 21 year old female. We place particular emphasis on the difficulties in diagnosis of RMS affecting the oral cavity; since many cases are initially misdiagnosed as infection of dental origin. This case not only serves as a useful reminder to clinicians not to forget this important diagnosis, but also contributes to the growing body of evidence supporting a new sclerosing variant of RMS.  ",
author="Omakobia, Eugene
and Berridge, Natasha 
and Liew, Colin
and Morley, Simon",
pages="610--614",
doi="10.5604/01.3001.0008.3243",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0008.3243"
}