Journal of Clinical Case Reports

L Menezes Falcão

Publications

• Case Report
  Extraskeletal Ewing Sarcoma in a Young Patient During Pregnancy
  Author(s): Friederika Fluck, L Menezes Falcão, Raquel Paixão and Isabel PinheiroFriederika Fluck, L Menezes Falcão, Raquel Paixão and Isabel Pinheiro
  
  Background: Ewing’s sarcoma is usually identified as a primary malignancy of the bone affecting children and young adults. It is associated with soft tissue extension in 90% of cases. Primarily extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma is a rare subtype, and very few data are available concerning optimal treatment modalities. Case Presentation: We report a case of an 18 year-old female from Cabo Verde in her 34th week of pregnancy presenting with a rapid growing cervical tumor. It had initially started as an indolent swelling at the left cervico-posterolateral region. CT had shown involvement of both superficial and deep cervical fascia. At time of presentation, the histologic diagnosis of a peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor/Extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma had already been provided. To reduce risk .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000485

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