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RESIDENT CASE STUDIES

Week 4 May 12 - May 16, 2003: Case 4

Table of Contents | List of Diagnoses | Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4

22 year old woman with a right cheek mass (8cm)

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Questions:

  1.   The histologic findings are most consistent with
    1. Lymphoma
    2. Sialidenitis
    3. Rhabdomyosarcoma
    4. Poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma
    5. None of the above     

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  1. The following is true of the lesion:
    1. It is more common in adults 
    2. It is associated with t(2;13)(q37;q14) translocation in majority of cases 
    3. It may be associated with allelic loss in chromosomal region 11p15
    4. It is most commonly found in the extremeties
    5. It usually arises in skeletal muscle

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Week 4 Case 4 Discussion