Extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma of sciatic nerve masquerading as an infected hemangioma: A rare case report

Extra-osseous Ewing's Sarcoma (EES) arising from the peripheral nerve is rarely reported in children. Here, we report an instance of EES arising from the left sciatic nerve mimicking an infected hemangioma. This case highlights the need for a high index of suspicion and early histological diagn...

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Autores principales: Dhua, Anjan K, Bharathi, Ravindhra, Kiran, Chokka Mahesh, Lingam, Pappu Paramartha, Joshi, Manoj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336807
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.142016
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author Dhua, Anjan K
Bharathi, Ravindhra
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Lingam, Pappu Paramartha
Joshi, Manoj
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description Extra-osseous Ewing's Sarcoma (EES) arising from the peripheral nerve is rarely reported in children. Here, we report an instance of EES arising from the left sciatic nerve mimicking an infected hemangioma. This case highlights the need for a high index of suspicion and early histological diagnosis to avoid diagnostic delay.
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spelling pubmed-42042502014-10-21 Extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma of sciatic nerve masquerading as an infected hemangioma: A rare case report Dhua, Anjan K Bharathi, Ravindhra Kiran, Chokka Mahesh Lingam, Pappu Paramartha Joshi, Manoj J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report Extra-osseous Ewing's Sarcoma (EES) arising from the peripheral nerve is rarely reported in children. Here, we report an instance of EES arising from the left sciatic nerve mimicking an infected hemangioma. This case highlights the need for a high index of suspicion and early histological diagnosis to avoid diagnostic delay. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4204250/ /pubmed/25336807 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.142016 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma of sciatic nerve masquerading as an infected hemangioma: A rare case report
title Extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma of sciatic nerve masquerading as an infected hemangioma: A rare case report
title_full Extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma of sciatic nerve masquerading as an infected hemangioma: A rare case report
title_fullStr Extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma of sciatic nerve masquerading as an infected hemangioma: A rare case report
title_full_unstemmed Extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma of sciatic nerve masquerading as an infected hemangioma: A rare case report
title_short Extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma of sciatic nerve masquerading as an infected hemangioma: A rare case report
title_sort extra-osseous ewing's sarcoma of sciatic nerve masquerading as an infected hemangioma: a rare case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25336807
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.142016
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