Key result
An 18-year-old male presenting with subacute cough and shortness of breath was diagnosed with an extremely rare thoracic Ewing's sarcoma (Askin's tumor) and treated with surgery and radiation.
Why the study?
Ewing sarcoma of the chest wall (Askin tumor) is an extremely rare malignancy, with only 17 cases reported in the literature.
Case Report (n=1)
Thoracic Ewing's sarcoma (Askin's tumor) is an extremely rare disease that can present with cough and shortness of breath, mimicking pneumonia, and requires prompt multimodal treatment.
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Highlights diagnostic challenges in thoracic ESFT; leaves open optimal therapeutic strategies pending larger cohorts.
Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors (ESFTs) contains multiple tumors with similar histological and immunohistochemical features. ESFTs are small, round cell, highly malignant tumors that arise from the neuroectoderm of bone and extraskeletal soft tissue. Ewing's sarcoma is the second most common primary malignant bone cancer in children and adolescents, with the second decade of life being the most common age of diagnosis. In this article, we present a case of a young male who presented to the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath and cough and was later diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma of the chest wall, which is also called Askin's tumor, and it is an extremely rare disease with only 17 cases reported in the literature.
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Thomas et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Thoracic Ewing's Sarcoma (Askin's tumor) (n=1). Surgical removal and radiation therapy was evaluated. An 18-year-old male presenting with subacute cough and shortness of breath was diagnosed with an extremely rare thoracic Ewing's sarcoma (Askin's tumor) and treated with surgery and radiation.
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