Malignant neck mass in disguise - atypical presentation of extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma

Ewing’s sarcoma is the second most malignant bone tumour and commonly occurs in paediatric patients. Extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma can arise from the head and neck as the primary site of origin of the tumour despite being rare. This soft tissue tumour morphologically mimics Ewing’s sarcoma of bone....

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Main Authors: Poh, Nuan Leng, Fijasri, Nurul Hafiez, Mohammad Azmi, Mohd Azem Fathi, Jasmani, Asraf Haslam, Wan Zain, Wan Zainira, Yunus, Dahziela, Zawawi, Norzaliana
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1021252023-09-21T04:22:55Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102125/ Malignant neck mass in disguise - atypical presentation of extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma Poh, Nuan Leng Fijasri, Nurul Hafiez Mohammad Azmi, Mohd Azem Fathi Jasmani, Asraf Haslam Wan Zain, Wan Zainira Yunus, Dahziela Zawawi, Norzaliana Ewing’s sarcoma is the second most malignant bone tumour and commonly occurs in paediatric patients. Extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma can arise from the head and neck as the primary site of origin of the tumour despite being rare. This soft tissue tumour morphologically mimics Ewing’s sarcoma of bone. We report a case of extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma of the neck region in a 53-year-old lady who presented to the emergency department with a rapidly growing mass over three weeks associated with pain over the posterolateral neck region. It is challenging to reach the diagnosis at the first encounter as this lesion is found at an uncommon location and presented with a sebaceous cyst-like physical appearance. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102125/1/2022110216411201_MJMHS_0837.pdf Poh, Nuan Leng and Fijasri, Nurul Hafiez and Mohammad Azmi, Mohd Azem Fathi and Jasmani, Asraf Haslam and Wan Zain, Wan Zainira and Yunus, Dahziela and Zawawi, Norzaliana (2022) Malignant neck mass in disguise - atypical presentation of extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 19 (suppl.13). pp. 3-6. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/jurnal_kami/volume_18_2022/mjmhs_vol18_supp_13_oktober_2022-69861 10.47836/mjmhs18.s13.2
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description Ewing’s sarcoma is the second most malignant bone tumour and commonly occurs in paediatric patients. Extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma can arise from the head and neck as the primary site of origin of the tumour despite being rare. This soft tissue tumour morphologically mimics Ewing’s sarcoma of bone. We report a case of extraskeletal Ewing’s sarcoma of the neck region in a 53-year-old lady who presented to the emergency department with a rapidly growing mass over three weeks associated with pain over the posterolateral neck region. It is challenging to reach the diagnosis at the first encounter as this lesion is found at an uncommon location and presented with a sebaceous cyst-like physical appearance.
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author Poh, Nuan Leng
Fijasri, Nurul Hafiez
Mohammad Azmi, Mohd Azem Fathi
Jasmani, Asraf Haslam
Wan Zain, Wan Zainira
Yunus, Dahziela
Zawawi, Norzaliana
spellingShingle Poh, Nuan Leng
Fijasri, Nurul Hafiez
Mohammad Azmi, Mohd Azem Fathi
Jasmani, Asraf Haslam
Wan Zain, Wan Zainira
Yunus, Dahziela
Zawawi, Norzaliana
Malignant neck mass in disguise - atypical presentation of extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma
author_facet Poh, Nuan Leng
Fijasri, Nurul Hafiez
Mohammad Azmi, Mohd Azem Fathi
Jasmani, Asraf Haslam
Wan Zain, Wan Zainira
Yunus, Dahziela
Zawawi, Norzaliana
author_sort Poh, Nuan Leng
title Malignant neck mass in disguise - atypical presentation of extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma
title_short Malignant neck mass in disguise - atypical presentation of extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma
title_full Malignant neck mass in disguise - atypical presentation of extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma
title_fullStr Malignant neck mass in disguise - atypical presentation of extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma
title_full_unstemmed Malignant neck mass in disguise - atypical presentation of extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma
title_sort malignant neck mass in disguise - atypical presentation of extraskeletal ewing's sarcoma
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2022
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102125/1/2022110216411201_MJMHS_0837.pdf
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