Adult-onset primary Ewing’s sarcoma of the right atrium: a case report

Abstract Background Primary cardiac tumors, which are only detected in 0.001–0.03% of autopsies, are rare. Only 25% of primary cardiac tumors are malignant, of which 95% are sarcomas. Ewing’s sarcoma, one of the Ewing’s sarcoma of family tumors, is thought to be derived from neural crest cells. Whil...

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Main Authors: Jun Ushigusa, Yosuke Mukae, Masanori Takamatsu, Eijiro Nogami, Akira Furutachi, Manabu Itoh, Junji Yunoki, Takahiro Nishida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-11-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-019-0727-1