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Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India 2/2016

01-12-2016 | Case Report

Primary Vaginal Ewing’s sarcoma: A Rare Case Report

Authors: Gaurang Modi, Irappa Madabhavi, Apurva Patel, Asha Anand, Harsha Panchal, Sonia Parikh, Krunal Baldaniya, Swaroop Revannasiddaiah

Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Special Issue 2/2016

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Extra skeletal Ewing’s sarcoma (EES) is an uncommon, rapidly growing, and round-cell malignancy of uncharacterized mesenchymal cell origin. The extra skeletal forms usually occur in the soft tissue of lower extremities, para vertebral tissues, chest wall, and retro peritoneum. Extra osseous ES are uncommon, with occasional reports of tumors affecting the genitourinary tract. Only few cases of primary vaginal Ewing’s sarcoma have been previously reported in the literature (only 22 cases). …
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Metadata
Title
Primary Vaginal Ewing’s sarcoma: A Rare Case Report
Authors
Gaurang Modi
Irappa Madabhavi
Apurva Patel
Asha Anand
Harsha Panchal
Sonia Parikh
Krunal Baldaniya
Swaroop Revannasiddaiah
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Issue Special Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Electronic ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-014-0669-2

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