Open AccessIs it Askin Tumour? A Question You Must Ask Even in Elderly
Author(s) -
Nadeem Tanveer,
Navneet Kaur,
Kiran Mishra,
Neelam Wadhwa,
Navjeevan Singh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9522.5030
Subject(s) - differential diagnosis , medicine , affect (linguistics) , pediatrics , pathology , psychology , communication
Primitive neuroectodermal tumour of chest wall has been given the name Askin tumour after FB Askin who first reported this distinctive clinicopathologic entity in 1979. Most of the patients are either children or adolescents, however, rarely it may affect older patients. This case report emphasizes on the diagnostic approach to this rare tumour and underlines the importance of keeping it in the differential diagnosis even in elderly patients. Since it is an aggressive tumour, a high index of suspicion is required to make a timely diagnosis.