Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma, a case report on a rare diagnosis in an 80-year-old woman with a large abdominal mass

Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma, a case report on a rare diagnosis in an 80-year-old woman with a large abdominal mass

Extraosseous or extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma is a very rare mesenchymal soft tissue malignancy. We report on a case of abdominal swelling in an 80-year-old woman caused by a large intra-abdominal EES. This case report illustrates that Ewing’s sarcoma can occur in adults and elderly, and highlights...

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Main Authors: Charlotte de Wilde, Alain Bols, Ivo van den Berghe, Kenneth Coenegrachts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2017-05-01
Series:South African Journal of Radiology
Subjects:
Ewing sarcoma
extraosseous
extraskeletal
abdominal swelling
abdominal malignancy
Online Access:https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1183
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spelling doaj-bec0ee0c7c564b3db17ac9bdb84bb1e32020-11-24T22:09:59ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Radiology1027-202X2078-67782017-05-01211e1e410.4102/sajr.v21i1.1183731Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma, a case report on a rare diagnosis in an 80-year-old woman with a large abdominal massCharlotte de Wilde0Alain Bols1Ivo van den Berghe2Kenneth Coenegrachts3Department of Radiology, Ghent UniversityDepartment of Oncology, AZ St.-Jan Brugge-OostendeDepartment of Pathology, AZ St.-Jan Brugge-OostendeDepartment of Radiology, AZ St.-Jan Brugge-OostendeExtraosseous or extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma is a very rare mesenchymal soft tissue malignancy. We report on a case of abdominal swelling in an 80-year-old woman caused by a large intra-abdominal EES. This case report illustrates that Ewing’s sarcoma can occur in adults and elderly, and highlights the importance of early diagnosis because of poor prognosis.https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1183Ewing sarcomaextraosseousextraskeletalabdominal swellingabdominal malignancy
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author Charlotte de Wilde
Alain Bols
Ivo van den Berghe
Kenneth Coenegrachts
spellingShingle Charlotte de Wilde
Alain Bols
Ivo van den Berghe
Kenneth Coenegrachts
Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma, a case report on a rare diagnosis in an 80-year-old woman with a large abdominal mass
South African Journal of Radiology
Ewing sarcoma
extraosseous
extraskeletal
abdominal swelling
abdominal malignancy
author_facet Charlotte de Wilde
Alain Bols
Ivo van den Berghe
Kenneth Coenegrachts
author_sort Charlotte de Wilde
title Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma, a case report on a rare diagnosis in an 80-year-old woman with a large abdominal mass
title_short Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma, a case report on a rare diagnosis in an 80-year-old woman with a large abdominal mass
title_full Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma, a case report on a rare diagnosis in an 80-year-old woman with a large abdominal mass
title_fullStr Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma, a case report on a rare diagnosis in an 80-year-old woman with a large abdominal mass
title_full_unstemmed Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma, a case report on a rare diagnosis in an 80-year-old woman with a large abdominal mass
title_sort extraosseous ewing’s sarcoma, a case report on a rare diagnosis in an 80-year-old woman with a large abdominal mass
publisher AOSIS
series South African Journal of Radiology
issn 1027-202X
2078-6778
publishDate 2017-05-01
description Extraosseous or extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma is a very rare mesenchymal soft tissue malignancy. We report on a case of abdominal swelling in an 80-year-old woman caused by a large intra-abdominal EES. This case report illustrates that Ewing’s sarcoma can occur in adults and elderly, and highlights the importance of early diagnosis because of poor prognosis.
topic Ewing sarcoma
extraosseous
extraskeletal
abdominal swelling
abdominal malignancy
url https://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1183
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