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Title: A case of small bowel metastasis from spinal Ewing sarcoma causing intussusception in an adult female
Authors: Tan, Q.T
Teo, J.Y
Ahmed, S.S
Chung, A.Y.F 
Keywords: CD34 antigen
CD99 antigen
chromogranin
cytokeratin AE1
cytokeratin AE3
desmin
epithelial membrane antigen
gadolinium pentetate meglumine
iohexol
monoclonal antibody HMB 45
protein S 100
synaptophysin
adult
Article
backache
cancer chemotherapy
case report
computer assisted tomography
contrast enhancement
death
disease duration
Ewing sarcoma
female
histopathology
human
human tissue
immunohistology
intestine obstruction
intussusception
laminectomy
lymphadenopathy
metastasis
metastasis potential
nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
paresthesia
sensory dysfunction
small intestine metastasis
spinal cord compression
spinal cord decompression
spine surgery
treatment response
upper abdominal pain
vomiting
intussusception
Jejunal Neoplasms
pathology
Sarcoma, Ewing
secondary
small intestine
Spinal Neoplasms
Adult
Female
Humans
Intestine, Small
Intussusception
Jejunal Neoplasms
Sarcoma, Ewing
Spinal Neoplasms
Issue Date: 2016
Citation: Tan, Q.T, Teo, J.Y, Ahmed, S.S, Chung, A.Y.F (2016). A case of small bowel metastasis from spinal Ewing sarcoma causing intussusception in an adult female. World Journal of Surgical Oncology 14 (1) : 109. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-016-0850-4
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
Abstract: Background: Ewing sarcomas are highly aggressive malignant tumours occurring predominantly in the long bones of the extremities in children and young adults. About 20 % of patients will present with metastases at diagnosis with the commonest sites being the lungs, bone and bone marrow. Cases of primary small bowel Ewing sarcomas have been described but are nonetheless exceedingly rare, even more so cases of metastasis to the small bowel. Case Presentation: We describe a case of vertebral Ewing sarcoma in a 44 year-old female which metastasized to the jejunum causing intussusception. Conclusions: Ewing's sarcoma is highly aggressive and presence of metastases, overt or subclinical, is thought to be present in almost all patients at diagnosis. As evidenced by our patient, metastatic disease can progress rapidly to cause further complications and confer a poorer survival. The possibility of metastasis, no matter how rare or unlikely the site is, should be considered and actively investigated to expedite treatment of the primary disease. © 2016 Tan et al.
Source Title: World Journal of Surgical Oncology
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181374
ISSN: 14777819
DOI: 10.1186/s12957-016-0850-4
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
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