Primary extraosseous intracranial Ewing's sarcoma: Case report and literature review

Ewing's sarcoma / peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors occur most often in bone and soft tissues of children and young adults. The intracranial manifestation of the disease is rare, and when present, this is often misdiagnosed with other varieties of primary brain tumors. We report such...

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Autores principales: Choudhury, Krishnangshu Bhanju, Sharma, Shyam, Kothari, Ramesh, Majumder, Anjali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3237178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174504
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-5851.89798
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Sumario:Ewing's sarcoma / peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors occur most often in bone and soft tissues of children and young adults. The intracranial manifestation of the disease is rare, and when present, this is often misdiagnosed with other varieties of primary brain tumors. We report such a case of extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma, which was initially suspected to be a case of meningioma in an 11-year-old girl.

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