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Askin's tumor

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Askin's tumor is a rare, primitive neuroectodermal tumor which arises from the soft tissues of the chest wall, particularly of the paravertebral region.[1][2] It was first described by Askin et al. in 1979.[3] Askin's tumor is now recognized as part of the Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors.[4] This neoplasm tended to recur locally, but did not seem to disseminate as widely as some of the other small cell tumors of childhood such as rhabdomyosarcoma or neuroblastoma.

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  1. ^ Askin FB, Rosai J, Sibley RK, Dehner LP, McAlister WH (June 1979). "Malignant small cell tumor of the thoracopulmonary region in childhood: a distinctive clinicopathologic entity of uncertain histogenesis". Cancer. 43 (6): 2438–51. doi:10.1002/1097-0142(197906)43:6<2438::AID-CNCR2820430640>3.0.CO;2-9. PMID 222426.
  2. ^ Coindre JM (1993). "[Askin's tumor: a clinicopathologic entity?]". Annales de Pathologie. 13 (2): 139–40. PMID 8363677.
  3. ^ Benbrahim Z, Arifi S, Daoudi K, Serraj M, Amara B, Benjelloun MC, et al. (January 2013). "Askin's tumor: a case report and literature review". World Journal of Surgical Oncology. 11: 10. doi:10.1186/1477-7819-11-10. PMC 3556149. PMID 23339634.
  4. ^ Grünewald TG, Cidre-Aranaz F, Surdez D, Tomazou EM, de Álava E, Kovar H, et al. (July 2018). "Ewing sarcoma". Nature Reviews. Disease Primers. 4 (1): 5. doi:10.1038/s41572-018-0003-x. PMID 29977059. S2CID 49571421.