An Unusual Location of Extraosseous Ewing's Sarcoma

Ewing's sarcoma (ES) is the second most common malignant bone tumor in children and young adults. ES also occurs as a primary soft tissue neoplasm without involvement of bone. We report the second case of extraosseous (EO) ES emerging from the omentum and a review of the relevant literature. EO...

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Autores principales: Geens, Lisanne, Robays, Johan Van, Geert, Verswijvel, der Speeten, Kurt Van
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
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Published online: May, 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3725030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23898272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000351836
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Sumario:Ewing's sarcoma (ES) is the second most common malignant bone tumor in children and young adults. ES also occurs as a primary soft tissue neoplasm without involvement of bone. We report the second case of extraosseous (EO) ES emerging from the omentum and a review of the relevant literature. EO ES should be included in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue neoplasms in the abdomen.

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