Primary vulvar ewing sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor: A report of 2 cases and review of the literature

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1131-1136

  Çetiner, Handan ^a   Kir, Gözde ^a   Gelmann, Edward P ^a,b   Ozdemirli, Metin ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Zeynep Kamil Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ewing sarcoma; PNET; Vagina; Vulva

Indexed keywords

CD99 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOGEN; IFOSFAMIDE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; VIMENTIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE FUSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL; VAGINA PAIN; VULVA TUMOR; VULVECTOMY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE, PERIPHERAL; SARCOMA, EWING'S; VULVAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349257311     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181acae33     Document Type: Article

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