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An 80-year-old woman was diagnosed with a rare intra-abdominal extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma, highlighting that this typically young-adult malignancy can occur in the elderly.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights that extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma can occur in the elderly and emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis.
Alerts clinicians to Ewing sarcoma in elderly abdominal masses; extends known age range but leaves optimal management open.
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.
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Wilde et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma (n=1). Neoadjuvant carboplatin-etoposide, surgical excision, and radiotherapy was evaluated. An 80-year-old woman was diagnosed with a rare intra-abdominal extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma, highlighting that this typically young-adult malignancy can occur in the elderly.
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