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Year : 2019 | Volume
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Primary Pleural Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor: Incidental Diagnosis of a Rare Pathology
Prriya B Eshpuniyani1, Ramakant Deshpande1, Kumar Doshi2, Sameer Pathan3, Sagar Sharma1
1 Department of Surgical Oncology, Asian Cancer Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 2 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Asian Cancer Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 3 Department of Histopathology, Asian Cancer Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Prriya B Eshpuniyani Department of Surgical Oncology, Asian Cancer Institute, Off Easter Express Highway, Behind Everard Nagar, Somaiya Ayurvihar, Sion (East), Mumbai 400022, Maharashtra. India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | 1 |
DOI: 10.4103/jco.jco_7_19
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Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs), a part of Ewing’s sarcoma family of tumors (ESFT), are small round cell tumors, arising from embryonic neural crest cells. They usually present with chest pain , and dyspnea. There is tenderness of chest wall. Primary pleural PNETS are a rare entity. We present a rare case of primary PNET which was incidentally diagnosed in a young patient with blunt chest trauma. |
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