A clinical case report of a tumour rarely seen in adults

Authors

  • Bárbara Picado Assistente Hospitalar Eventual de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina 1 do Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • Joana Alvarenga Assistente Hospitalar Eventual de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina 1 do Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • Helena Sá Damásio Assistente Hospitalar Eventual de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina 1 do Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa
  • Jos´é Eduardo Neves Costa Assistente Hospitalar Graduado de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina 1 do Hospital de Curry Cabral, Lisboa

Keywords:

chest wall mass, Askin tumour, primitive neuroectodermal tumour

Abstract

The authors present a case of an uncommon tumour in a patient
admitted complaining of lumbar pain, fever, weight loss and a chest wall mass.
The diagnosis of an Askin tumour was made following radiological exams and microscopic findings.
The authors present the results of a review of the literature
about primitive neuroectodermal tumours.

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2005-09-30

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Picado B, Alvarenga J, Sá Damásio H, Neves Costa JE. A clinical case report of a tumour rarely seen in adults. RPMI [Internet]. 2005 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 May 17];12(3):159-64. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/1695

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2005): Julho/ Setembro

Section

Case Reports

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