found in leg muscle of adult
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Rhabdomyosarcoma\nRecommended: NCI PDQ for rhabdomyosarcoma\nOn this site: Warning Signs of Childhood Cancer: Rhabdomyosarcoma\n\nRhabdomyosarcoma is a fast-growing, highly malignant tumor which accounts for over half of the soft tissue sarcomas in children. Less frequently, other soft tissue sarcomas are found in children: fibrosarcoma, mesenchymoma, synovial sarcoma, and liposarcoma.\n\nRhabdomyosarcoma often causes a noticeable lump on a child's body. If the tumor is located internally, the symptoms depend on its location. For example, tumors in the nasal passage may put pressure on the eustachian tubes; a bladder tumor can cause trouble urinating; an orbital tumor may cause the eye to protrude.\n\nAbout Rhabdomyosarcoma\nRhabdomyosarcoma tumors arise from a cell called a "rhabdomyoblast", which is a primitive muscle cell. Instead of differentiating into striated muscle cells, the rhabdomyoblasts grow out of control. Since this type of muscle is located throughout the body, the tumors can appear at numerous locations. The four major sites in which rhabdomyosarcoma is found are:\n\nhead and neck; around the eyes -- 35-40% \ngenitourinary tract -- 20% \nextremities -- 15-20% \ntrunk (chest and lungs) -- 10-15% \nDepending on the "histology" of the cells (how they look under a microscope), the tumors are classified as one of the following:\n\nEmbryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Most common type, usually found in children under 15 and in the head and neck region and genitourinary tract.\n\nBotryoid type. A variant of the embryonal type; the tumor arises as a grape-like lesion in mucosal-lined hollow organs such as the vagina and urinary bladder.\n\nAlveolar type. A more aggressive tumor which usually involves the muscles of the extremities or trunk.\n\nPleomorphic type. Usually seen in adults and arises in muscles of the extremities.\n\nEmbryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is considered the most treatable form of the disease. The prognosis is also affected by the location of the primary tumor. Orbital and genitourinary track rhabdomyosarcomas have a better prognosis than do tumors which originate in the head and neck, extremity, pelvic, and trunk locations.\n\nPrognosis also depends on the stage of the tumor. The Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group has defined a set of guidelines, which assign the tumor to groups 1-4 depending on the extent of the disease. For more information, see the PDQ on the staging of rhabdomyosarcoma.\n\nTreatment\nRhabdomyosarcoma is treated by a combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.\n\nSurgery. Resection (removal) of the primary tumor. If necessary after chemotherapy or radiation has shrunk the tumor.\n\nChemotherapy. The following chemotherapy agents are commonly used: vincristine, cyclophosphamide, dactinomycin, adriamycin, ifosfamide, VP-16.\n\nRadiation. External beam radiation is used in some cases of rhabdomyosarcoma.\n\nRhabdomyosarcoma clinical trials, NCI search form\n\nStatistics\nAccounts for 5-8% of childhood cancers. \n70% of all rhabdomyosarcoma cases diagnosed in the first ten years of life. \nUsually affects children the ages of 2 to 6 and 15 to 19. \nThe peak incidence in 1-5 age group. \nOverall, 50% of the children diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma survive 5 years. \nPed-Onc Resources for Rhabdomyosarcoma\nThe following ped-onc resource lists have appropriate sections for parents of children with rhabdomyosarcoma:\n\nchildhood cancer e-mail lists - the ACOR rhabdomyosarcoma list (Rhabdo-kids) and the general childhood cancer list, ped-onc, are both appropriate\nsupport organizations\nbooks and printed materials - especially the book Childhood Cancer, A Parents's Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers, by Honna Janes-Hodder and Nancy Keene.\nyoung people with rhabdomyosarcoma - personal home pages \nLinks to More Information\nThe following web sites provide good, general information on rhabdomyosarcoma.\n\nResources on saromas on the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative.
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I think you would have an idea that GBS is actually the body attacking its own nervous system. Therefore it is autoimmune in nature (polyradiculoneuropathy). \n\nGBS manifests as rapidly evolving areflexic motor paralysis with or without sensory disturbance. The usual pattern is an ascending paralysis that may be first noticed as rubbery legs. Weakness typically evolves over hours to a few days and is frequently accompanied by tingling dysesthesias in the extremities. The legs are usually more affected than the arms, and facial diparesis is present in 50% of affected individuals. The lower cranial nerves are also frequently involved, causing bulbar weakness and difficulty with handling secretions and maintaining an airway. Most patients require hospitalization, and almost 30% require ventilatory assistance at some time during the illness. Fever and constitutional symptoms are absent at the onset, and, if present, cast doubt on the diagnosis. Deep tendon reflexes usually disappear within the first few days of onset. Cutaneous sensory deficits, e.g., loss of pain and temperature sensation, are usually relatively mild, but functions subserved by large sensory fibers, such as deep tendon reflexes and proprioception, are more severely affected. Bladder dysfunction may occur in severe cases but is usually transient. If bladder dysfunction is a prominent feature and comes early in the course, possibilities other than GBS should be considered, particularly spinal cord disease. Once clinical worsening stops and the patient reaches a plateau, further progression is unlikely.\n\nIn severe cases of GBS requiring critical care management, autonomic involvement is common. Usual features are loss of vasomotor control with wide fluctuation in blood pressure, postural hypotension, and cardiac dysrhythmias. These features require close monitoring and management and can be fatal. Pain is another common feature of GBS; several types are encountered. Most common is deep aching pain in weakened muscles, which patients liken to having overexercised the previous day. Other pains in GBS include back pain involving the entire spine and sometimes dysesthetic pain in the extremities as a manifestation of sensory nerve fiber involvement.
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Are u sure it's not broken?  You may need an xray to find out and/or to see if something else is going on.  If it's not something major, then alternate ice packs, with hot whirlpools -- first 20 minutes ice, then 20 minutes hot whirlpool right afterwards.  Try it a few times if you can find the time b4 then.  Keep the leg elevated whenever possible too.  And get rid of all the topical stuff as that's not going to do anything.   You need to get the swelling down as much as possible (ice is the best thing for that) and give it a rest.  Ibuprofen works for swelling too.  As for the Saturday tournament, if you are allowed to, wrap and/or tape the affected area during the event. Good luck!
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Do you feel the need to move it (get up and walk, shake it, rub it) to get it to subside?  You may have restless leg syndrom (RLS).  Look it up and see if any of the literature sounds familiar.  If it does, there is medication that works wonders for it with no side effects.  Both my elderly mom and my 20 year old daughter have it, but medication helps them both.  Good luck.
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you are probably thinking about the vastus medialis - the tear shaped muscle on the inside of your leg \n\nthere are several other big muscles that run over your knee including the vastus lateralis on the other side of your leg \n\nthe VM muscle pulls the kneecap up and into its natural groove and if often weak in people that injure their knees \n\n\n\nyou can exercise this muscle safetly in 2 ways even with an in injured knee \n\nlie on the ground, back down with your legs straight - now tense that inner leg muscle and feel it pull your knee cap up (put your hand on the kneecap to feel this) - do this 30 times and the do the other leg then do it 10 times but hold the contraction for 10 seconds on each leg again\n\nnow raise one leg slightly off the ground turn your foot slightly out from your body and repeat pulling the kneecap up - hold for 10 sec and lower leg - repeat 10 times \n\n\ndo these exercises every day for 2 weeks then once every 2 days thereafter - adding in more reps and holding the squeeze for longer - work up to 30 sec
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your muscle is shrinking because of lack of use or because of disease.
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One leg at a time.....
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sounds to me like exercise induced compartment syndrome.  the thick tissue surrounding your muscles (fascia) is too tight. as you exercise or walk the muscles engorge with blood but are then squashed by the tight fascia. Leads to a cramp like pains in your calves. due to the history it is unlikely to be a blood clot or anything.  you need to go and see a sports specialist dr. they can do a test where they put needles into the compartments to measure the pressure in there as you walk on a treadmill.  they can then do a small operation to split the fascia to relieve some of the pressure
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YES, get a second opinion!!!  It's unusual for an adult to have an umbilical hernia.  A hernia is a tear in the muscle and the protrusion is his intestine coming through the tear.  In children, this will naturally heal as they grow (most of the time).  In adults, it will probably need a repair which is no big deal.  However, it can get larger and that intestine can become "strangled" and lose circulation.  Then you have severe problems. See a surgeon.  God Bless.
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It depends on how much mucscle mass a person has, as the muscle is a tissue with higher metabolic activity than fat. It doesn't only happen in men. You may want to be close to a person like that in summer, as mosquitoes are attracted by sensing the body's heat. If you are next to them, you are safe!
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Lipoma(not sure on that spelling) are fatty tissue growths that they usually leave alone unless they start to impede motion. My mother has several and has had some removed. If it has grown since the Dr. looked at it last, it's a possibility. If you know that you did some lifting or heavy work that pulled your muscle consider that. But if it isn't better in a couple days go see your MD.Some heat packs or ice packs might give you some comfort in the mean time
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Fatty tumors (lipomas) rarely are cancerous.  They're common in older people.  If they are in the muscle they can affect motion and can be painful if they get big.  I had one and got it cut out, my leg hurt for weeks.\nIf the doctor can't find any cause, look at your diet.  Leg pain can be caused by excessive consumption of diet drinks containing nutrasweet.  Cut out all nutrasweet consumption for 6 weeks and your pain will go away.
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I was going to suggest googling 'C leg'. But it looks like you already have keywords. Just plug them in to any search engine.
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It's probably just a knotted muscle, like a cramp but not quite as severe.\n\nEither that, or... http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/26
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Go for check up, could be pulled muscle, or chest infection. Dont leave it any longer or it could turn to pluerisy, which just takes you longer to get back on you'r feet, good luck and health. lol
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hamstring muscle group
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sounds like a "charlie horse" (a type of muscle cramp)