Extraosseous Ewing sarcoma of the thyroid gland.

Pediatr Radiol

E B Singleton Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Published: December 2009

Ewing sarcoma of the bone is a highly malignant round-cell tumor that typically presents between 10 to 20 years of age and is more common in boys. It can have an extraosseous origin, although it is rare. We report a case of extraosseous Ewing sarcoma in the thyroid gland in a 9-year-old girl.

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