abstract:Sarcoma botryoides or botryoid sarcoma or botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma is a subtype of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, that can be observed in the walls of hollow, mucosa lined structures such as the nasopharynx, common bile duct, urinary bladder of infants and young children or the vagina in females, typically younger than age 8. The name comes from the gross appearance of "grape bunches" (botryoid in Greek).
Of the 153 cases, 48 were leiomyosarcomas, 47mixed mesodermal sarcomas, 37endometrialstromal sarcomas, 8 carcinosarcomas, 4sarcomabotryoides, 1fibrosarcoma, and 8 malignantlymphomas.