Rhabdomyosarcoma frequently affects the craniofacial region with a rapid growing pattern that usually results in swelling of the interested area. The present paper describes a peculiar occurrence of rhabdomyosarcoma in a 12-year-old boy and the importance of a careful evaluation of clinical history to choose the correct diagnostic strategy. The patient was evaluated in the orthodontics section of the Dental School of the University of Bologna by an orofacial pain specialist, with a compliance of excruciating pain around the right ear that occurred 4 months earlier after a sports trauma. The patient had been previously evaluated by a pediatrician and an ENT specialist who requested a computerized tomography that did not show pathological conditions in the head/neck district. The drug therapy for pain control was not effective. The clinical examination showed a severe limitation of mouth opening, periauricular paresthesia and mandibular hyperalgesia on the right side. The patient reported intermittent, very intense stabs of pain occurring every 5 min, with a continuous dull pain in the temporal area. A nuclear magnetic resonance was requested and showed the presence of a solid expansive lesion in the right pterygoid area that eroded the cranial base and the medial portion of the mandibular condyle. An incisional biopsy led to the diagnosis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. This case report emphasizes the importance of not underestimating the presence of pain in young subjects, suggesting a proper approach to apparently simple clinical cases.

Bartolucci, M.L., Incerti Parenti, S., Alessandri-Bonetti, G., Marini, I. (2023). Unusual Presentation of Juvenile Rhabdomyosarcoma in the Temporomandibular Area: A Case Report. APPLIED SCIENCES, 13(10), 1-7 [10.3390/app13105926].

Unusual Presentation of Juvenile Rhabdomyosarcoma in the Temporomandibular Area: A Case Report

Bartolucci, Maria Lavinia
Primo
;
Incerti Parenti, Serena
Secondo
;
Alessandri-Bonetti, Giulio
Penultimo
;
Marini, Ida
Ultimo
2023

Abstract

Rhabdomyosarcoma frequently affects the craniofacial region with a rapid growing pattern that usually results in swelling of the interested area. The present paper describes a peculiar occurrence of rhabdomyosarcoma in a 12-year-old boy and the importance of a careful evaluation of clinical history to choose the correct diagnostic strategy. The patient was evaluated in the orthodontics section of the Dental School of the University of Bologna by an orofacial pain specialist, with a compliance of excruciating pain around the right ear that occurred 4 months earlier after a sports trauma. The patient had been previously evaluated by a pediatrician and an ENT specialist who requested a computerized tomography that did not show pathological conditions in the head/neck district. The drug therapy for pain control was not effective. The clinical examination showed a severe limitation of mouth opening, periauricular paresthesia and mandibular hyperalgesia on the right side. The patient reported intermittent, very intense stabs of pain occurring every 5 min, with a continuous dull pain in the temporal area. A nuclear magnetic resonance was requested and showed the presence of a solid expansive lesion in the right pterygoid area that eroded the cranial base and the medial portion of the mandibular condyle. An incisional biopsy led to the diagnosis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. This case report emphasizes the importance of not underestimating the presence of pain in young subjects, suggesting a proper approach to apparently simple clinical cases.
2023
Bartolucci, M.L., Incerti Parenti, S., Alessandri-Bonetti, G., Marini, I. (2023). Unusual Presentation of Juvenile Rhabdomyosarcoma in the Temporomandibular Area: A Case Report. APPLIED SCIENCES, 13(10), 1-7 [10.3390/app13105926].
Bartolucci, Maria Lavinia; Incerti Parenti, Serena; Alessandri-Bonetti, Giulio; Marini, Ida
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