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A 4-year-old male child with a rare primary extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma of the lungs, initially misdiagnosed as hemothorax, died due to rapid disease progression and respiratory failure.
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Primary extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma of the lungs is a rare and aggressive tumor that can be misdiagnosed as hemothorax, highlighting the need for careful differential diagnosis in children with primary pulmonary masses.
May prompt sarcoma consideration in pediatric hemothorax; leaves open optimal management for rare primary pulmonary Ewing sarcoma.
Extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma of the lungs is a rare soft tissue tumor of children and adolescents usually found in the extremities. In this case report, we present a 4-year-old male child with primary Ewing Sarcoma of the lungs who presented with shortness of breath, cough, left-side chest pain, and hemoptysis for two months. We reviewed clinical, radiological, and pathological findings for this rare malignancy.
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Osman et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Extraosseous Primary Ewing's Sarcoma of the Lungs (n=1). Extraosseous Primary Ewing's Sarcoma of the Lungs was evaluated on Patient survival and diagnostic outcome. A 4-year-old male child with a rare primary extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma of the lungs, initially misdiagnosed as hemothorax, died due to rapid disease progression and respiratory failure.
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