Tumour location
As shown in Table 2, the commonest tumour location was the head and neck
followed by the abdominopelvic region. Of the 51 head and neck tumours,
the orbit was the commonest location with 23 (45.1%). Twenty-four
(88.9%) out of the 27 tumours found in the abdominopelvic region were
pelvic in location while the remaining 3 (11.1%) occurred in the
abdomen. Rhabdomyosarcoma occurred more in the head and neck (including
the orbit) while the NRSTS occurred more in the extremities. Of the 51
tumours in the head and neck, 34 were rhabdomyosarcomas and these were
predominantly embryonal rhabdomyosarcomas. Twenty out of the 27
abdominopelvic tumours were rhabdomyosarcomas, 18 of these were
embryonal rhadomyosarcoma and were pelvic in location.