Sarcoma (Jan 1999)

Periosteal Ewing's Sarcoma: Report of Two New Cases and Review of the Literature

  • Yehuda Kollender,
  • Shay Shabat,
  • Alexander Nirkin,
  • Josephine Issakov,
  • Gideon Flusser,
  • Ofer Merimsky,
  • Isaac Meller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/13577149977695
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 85 – 88

Abstract

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Background. The origin of Ewing's sarcoma in a periosteal location is rare and not clearly documented. Other malignant bone tumors appear to have a somewhat better prognosis when confined between periosteum and bone. Is it the same for periosteal Ewing's sarcoma?