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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Dilemma in diagnosis and management of rare primary pleural Ewing's sarcoma with synchronous limited metastatic disease.

Abhijith Bhaskaran, Pooja Sethi, Pampa Ch Toi, Prasanth Penumadu

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abhijith BhaskaranDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, Puducherry, India.
Pooja SethiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, Puducherry, India docpujasethi@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0663-6424
Pampa Ch ToiDepartment of Pathology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education, Puducherry, Puducherry, India.
Prasanth PenumaduDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, Puducherry, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2189-5056
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a case of a 34-year-old woman who presented with complaints of fever, cough and dyspnoea of 2 months' duration. On evaluation, she was diagnosed with a rare entity primary pleural Ewing's sarcoma with synchronous metastases to mediastinal, supraclavicular nodes and single vertebra. Due to the rarity of this entity and lack of treatment guidelines on extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma, the patient was managed with a combination of multiagent chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy as per standard guidelines for skeletal Ewing's sarcoma. We present this case to discuss differential diagnoses and management dilemmas encountered on the use of local modalities such as surgery and radiotherapy for control of primary and metastatic sites.

Indexed as

Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, PeripheralSarcoma, EwingAdultDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansPleuraoncologypathologyradiotherapysurgical oncology

Identifiers

PMID34155031
PMCPMC8217915
OpenAlexW3176447728

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