Ewing sarcoma is most commonly a bone tumour which has usually extended into the soft tissues at the time of diagnosis. Exceptionally, this tumour can have an extraskeletal origin. Clinical or imaging findings are non-specific and diagnosis is based on histology. We report a case of an extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma developed in the soft tissues of the abdominal wall in a 35-year-old woman who presented a painful abdominal wall tumefaction. Ultrasongraphy and computed tomography showed a large, well-defined soft tissue mass developed in the left anterolateral muscle group of the abdominal wall. Surgical biopsy was performed and an extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma was identified histologically.

Author

A. Askri, L. Ben Farhat, B. Ghariani, A. Rabeh, N. Dali, W. Said and L. Hendaoui

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Corresponding address:
Anis Askri, Department of Radiology, Mongi Slim Hospital, 2046 Sidi Daoud, La Marsa, Tunisia

Reference

ICIS Cancer Imaging Volume 8 Issue 1
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2008.0023

Date Posted

10 September 2008

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