From Ataxia to Diagnosis of Askin Tumor – a Case Report

Askin tumor: Case report and literature review

Treatment of an Askin tumor: A case report and review of the literature

Askin tumors are rare malignant neoplasms that are localized in the thoracopulmonary region and mainly occur in children and adolescents. Further investigation with regard to the effective treatment of this disease is required, since the disease has a low incidence and limited knowledge is available on the biological activity and prognostic factors of this type of tumor. The present study descr...

Giant Askin tumor: a diagnosis and therapeutic challenge.

In 1979, Askin and colleagues suggested a distinct clin icopathological entity, characterized by small round blue cell tumor ofthoracopulmonary region (Askin tumor), with varying degrees of neuronal differentiation 1 . Various designations have been used to describe this tumor, such as: adult neurob lastom a, peripheral neuroblastoma, peripheral neuroepithel iom a, primitive n euroectodermal tu...

Early Onset of Fragile X Associated Tremor and Ataxia Syndrome: A Case Report from Iran

Background: Different alleles of Fragile X Mental Retardation1 (FMR1) gene with separate molecular etiologies cause Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) and Fragile X-associated Tremor and Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS). Premutation alleles with 55 to 200 repeats in the FMR1 gene lead to FXTAS. It is carried by 1 in 209 women and 1 in 430 men. FXTAS commonly appears in 50- to 70-year-old adults. Case Presentatio...

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...