The authors report 15 cases of the rhbdomyosarcoma, 11 males and 4 females which were proven by microscopic examination.
The sites of our cases were head (5 cases), trunk (3 cases), upper extremity (3 cases), lower extremity (4 cases) and testis (1 case).
Rhabdomyosarcoma constitutes 10% to 25% of sarcomas of the soft tissue. This wide variation
is partly due to many microscopically unclassified sarcomas that are reported in the literatures. Several large series of rhabdomyosarcoma reported slight predominance in males, but certainly the sex predisoposition is not remarkable. The most common symptom and sign is a mass. The sites of distant metastasis in order of frequency are lungs, lymph nodes, skin and subcutaneous tissue pleura, bone and liver. The usual clinical course is the rapid development of distant metastasis and frequently to occur the local recurrence and death within one year of clinical presentation of the tumor. Surgical wide excision is a definite treatment, if radical excision is, difficult or impossible operative treatment must be supplemented radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
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