McArdle DJT, Nott L, Harle R, McArdle JP. Extraosseous Ewing sarcoma arising in a chronically lymphedematous limb.
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY CASES INNOVATIONS AND TECHNIQUES 2018;
4:210-215. [PMID:
30148241 PMCID:
PMC6105752 DOI:
10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.04.005]
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Abstract
Ewing sarcoma is a highly aggressive small round cell malignant neoplasm of bone and soft tissue that typically is manifested in children and young adults. It is most commonly a primary bone tumor; however, extraosseous cases have been increasingly reported. We report a case of metastatic extraosseous Ewing sarcoma with the primary lesion occurring within a limb affected by primary lymphedema. Lymphedema, in this case, played a role not only in the genesis of the tumor because of the relative local immunosuppression but also in masking the development of the lower limb mass.
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