[Extra skeletal Ewing's sarcoma. Report of two cases. Ultrastructural study of one case (author's transl)]

Sem Hop. 1980 Feb;56(7-8):319-24.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report two cases of extra skeletal Ewing's sarcoma. The first case concerns a 26 years old woman presenting a tumor at the level of the sacrum area, locally recurrent, metastazing to the lungs and the lumbar column, despite of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and leading to death after a course of 18 months. The second one is that of a 30 years old man bearing a tumor of the shoulder area probably already metastazed to bones, rapidly recurrent and metastazing to the lungs and cause of death after 9 months in spite of intensive therapy. About these 2 observations a review of the literature of the cases of extra skeletal Ewing's sarcoma is done. Whatever nosologic discussion it seems that Ewing's sarcoma may present essentially as a tumor of soft tissues. An ultrastructural study has been performed in the second case. The findings are similar to those reported in Ewing's sarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Neoplasms / ultrastructure
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / ultrastructure
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Sacrococcygeal Region
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / diagnostic imaging
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / ultrastructure*
  • Shoulder
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / ultrastructure