The case of a 16-year-old boy is reported who underwent surgery for the excision of an Askin tumor and has subsequently undergone six excisions of local Askin tumor recurrences, with follow-up postoperative chemo- and radiotherapy over a 7-year period. The patient continues to survive. As far as can be determined, this patient appears to be the first reported case of long-term survival after re...

Askin tumor is a malignant small round cell tumor that originates from the thoracopulmonary region, usually observed in young subjects. We report a case of askin tumor in a 11 year-old men, who had in his past history a surgery for hydatid cyst of the liver, actually hospitalised for right pulmonary upper lobe mass of the lung. After resection of the mass, the pathological exam confirmed the di...

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...

Askin tumor is a rare disease which had previously been reported as being thallium-201 and gallium-67 avid. Varying data regarding 18F- fluorodeoxyglucose metabolism has been described with Ewing family of soft tissue tumors. In this case, we present a patient found to have an Askin tumor of the left chest wall which demonstrated indium-111 pentetreotide and technetium-99m MIBI avidity. The les...

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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...

The case of preoperative diagnosis peripheric primitive neuroectodermal tumor (pPNET) the chest with damage body sternum in 21-year-old patient is presented Native literature for first time. CT and echography data as well serum tumor-markers level are given. detection tissue-markers electronic microscopy most reliable diagnostic methods. However clinical routine morphologic examinations importa...