What are the visible symptoms of rhabdomyosarcoma?
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare kind of cancer that mainly affects children. The cancer cells resemble the kinds of cells found in embryos in the womb. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_is_rhabdomyosarcoma_53.asp The visible symptoms depend entirely on the location of the cancer within the body. It can grow attached to any muscle or skeletal tissue. The Ped-Onc resource center online has a list of places it can occur and their frequency. Each of these locations will have different visible symptoms: http://www.acor.org/ped-onc/diseases/rhabdo.html head and neck; around the eyes — 35-40% genitourinary tract — 20% extremities — 15-20% trunk (chest and lungs) — 10-15% If it is growing near the skin or in the arms and legs, a visible lump will be seen in the body. If it grows in
