Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Florence Lai Tiong

Publications

• Case Report
  About the Rare Case of a Pelvic Primitive Neuro-ectodermal Tumor in a 37 Year Old Patient
  Author(s): Florence Lai TiongFlorence Lai Tiong
  
  Introduction: Primitive Neuro-Ectodermal Tumors (PNETs) belong to the group of malignant bone tumors. Their frequency is about 1% of sarcoma. The principal distinctive feature in a translocation concerning the EWS gene or t(11; 22)(q24; q12). They are even rarer when located in the extra-skeletal pelvic region. Case report: We report a case of a 37 year old female patient with a PNET in the pelvic region that is found after a spontaneous abortion. The tumor is localized on the right latero-uterine ligament. The tumoral size is of 10 cm. After the coelioscopic diagnosis, the patient was treated with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy according to VIDE protocol and ensuring an important diminishing of the size of the tumor. She then had a total radical hysterectomy associated with a lymph node resection. The diagnosis was confirmed by histology, immunohistology examinations and molecular biology.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000664

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