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The incidence of rhabdomyosarcoma is considered to be rare in the ear, nose and throat, but the pathological diagnosis of the tumor is not easy and some of rhabdomyosarcoma cases might have been misdiagnosed as carcinoma.
Rhabdomyosarcoma appearing in the nasal cavity may be mistaken as an inflammatory polyp because of the similar appearance and the correct diagnosis may be delayed.
Treatment often fails even by a combination of operation and irradiation therapy.
The authors report on 4 cases of rhabdomyosarcoma occuring in the field of otolaryngology with a discussion of the pathological findings and a review of the literature.
