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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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