What are Malignant Skeletal Muscle Soft Tissue Tumors?

Malignant Skeletal Muscle Soft Tissue Tumors
Malignant Skeletal Muscle Soft Tissue Tumors. Light microscopy 4X showing malignant cells with clear cytoplasm invading into surrounding soft tissue and skeletal muscle.A large thigh mass: a blood clot or a rare skeletal muscle metastasis from renal cell carcinoma. Lohiya V, Lohiya S, Windsor K - SpringerPlus (2013). Not Altered. CC.

Malignant skeletal muscle soft tissue tumors tend to cause damage and potentially metastisize. 

Examples of malignant skeletal muscle soft tissue tumors include: 

  • Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma 
  • Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma