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Rare disease
CASE REPORT
Ewing’s sarcoma in maxilla
  1. Madhusudan Astekar1,
  2. Shipra Saxena1,
  3. Aditi Murari1 and
  4. Bhari Sharanesha Manjunatha2
  1. 1 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Rohailkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
  2. 2 Dental Anatomy and Oral Biology, Division of Basic Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Taif University, Al Taif, Saudi Arabia
  1. Correspondence to Professor Madhusudan Astekar, madhu.tanu{at}gmail.com and Professor Bhari Sharanesha Manjunatha, drmanju26{at}hotmail.com

Abstract

Ewing sarcoma is a lesion of bone, described in small round cell neoplasm. This tumour resembles primitive neuroectodermal tumour both clinically and histologically. Major difference between these two is that the former arises in the bone and the later in soft tissue. It appears most frequently in males at the age range of of 5–25 years, 80% of which occurs within first two decades of life. Males are more commonly affected than females. Present paper reported with a case report of male patient with 24-year-old showing Ewing’s sarcoma of right maxilla.

  • dentistry and oral medicine
  • medical education
  • pathology

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-227819

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    • Patient consent for publication Obtained.

    • Contributors Concepts and design: MA and SS. Intellectual content: SS. Literature search: MA, AM and BSM. Data acquisition and analysis: SS, AM and MA. Manuscript preparation: MA, SS and AM. Manuscript editing and review: AM and BSM.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.