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September 10, 2025CureusOpen Access

Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma With Bone Marrow Metastases and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Mimicking Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case Report

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SCSonglin ChuHZHongbin ZhangQNQian Niu

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Overview

This report details a case of rhabdomyosarcoma mimicking acute leukemia, highlighting diagnostic challenges.

Key Points

  • Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma presented with symptoms resembling acute lymphoblastic leukemia, complicating diagnosis.
  • Distinctive cytoplasmic vacuoles and cell distribution may aid differentiation between rhabdomyosarcoma and leukemia.
  • Bone marrow involvement in rhabdomyosarcoma can lead to misdiagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
  • Differentiation techniques could prevent diagnostic delays in children with overlapping symptoms of RMS and leukemia.

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Chu et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1b35454b1d3bfb60e9f00https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.88298
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