부산대학교 도서관

In this paper we present a three-year-old boy with a rhabdomyosarcoma in the left auditory meatus. Primary sarcoma of the temporal bone is an uncommon neoplasm that is seen in the head and neck area, the most common type being embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Since the symptoms of rhabdomyosarcoma, such as aural discharge, mimic common disease states, the clinical diagnosis is often delayed. Early diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma is important because the disease, once inevitably fatal, can now be controlled and apparently cured in most cases by a combination of surgery, radiation and multidrug chemotherapy.