ASKIN TUMOR: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Dr. Kaoutar Soussy*, Amina Bouziane, Fatima Zahra El Mselmi, Noureddine Slassi, Najoua Bouayad1 and Touria Bouhafa
ABSTRACT
A seven-year old boy with a chronic chest pain, diagnosed with a non-metastatic Askin tumour of the left chest wall. Loco regional assessment in the CT showed a massively necrotic left hemithorax tumour measuring 15cm x 12cm x 13cm. He was treated according to the Euro-Ewing protocol 99 and received an induction chemotherapy then surgery. Given the positive margins, radiotherapy was indicated and delivered in split course using an intensity modulated radiation therapy technique (IMRT) with VAI consolidation chemotherapy. A recurrence of the disease was observed 7 months after the end of the radiotherapy.
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