Open AccessVaginal Ewing Sarcoma: An Uncommon Clinical Entity in Pediatric Patients
Author(s) -
N Cross,
A. Luana Stanescu,
Erin R. Rudzinski,
Douglas S. Hawkins,
Marguerite T. Parisi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical imaging science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.279
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2156-7514
pISSN - 2156-5597
DOI - 10.4103/jcis.jcis_96_16
Subject(s) - medicine , rhabdomyosarcoma , sarcoma , ewing's sarcoma , vagina , primitive neuroectodermal tumor , radiography , radiology , pathology , surgery
Ewing sarcoma, including classical Ewing sarcoma of the bone and primitive neuroectodermal tumors arising in bone or extraosseous primary sites, is a highly aggressive childhood neoplasm. We present two cases of Ewing sarcoma arising from the vagina in young girls. Previously reported cases in literature focused on their pathologic rather than radiographic features. We describe the spectrum of multimodality imaging appearances of Ewing sarcoma at this unusual primary site. Awareness of vaginal Ewing tumors may facilitate prompt diagnosis and lead to a different surgical approach than the more commonly encountered vaginal rhabdomyosarcoma