Case Report

Extraosseous Ewing’s sarcoma, a case report on a rare diagnosis in an 80-year-old woman with a large abdominal mass

Charlotte de Wilde, Alain Bols, Ivo van den Berghe, Kenneth Coenegrachts
South African Journal of Radiology | Vol 21, No 1 | a1183 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v21i1.1183 | © 2017 Charlotte de Wilde, Alain Bols, Ivo van den Berghe, Kenneth Coenegrachts | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 26 January 2017 | Published: 29 May 2017

About the author(s)

Charlotte de Wilde, Department of Radiology, Ghent University, Belgium
Alain Bols, Department of Oncology, AZ St.-Jan Brugge-Oostende, Belgium
Ivo van den Berghe, Department of Pathology, AZ St.-Jan Brugge-Oostende, Belgium
Kenneth Coenegrachts, Department of Radiology, AZ St.-Jan Brugge-Oostende, Belgium

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Ewing sarcoma; extraosseous; extraskeletal; abdominal swelling; abdominal malignancy

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