A rare case of Ewing sarcoma with elevated plasma pro-gastrin-releasing peptide (proGRP) level

• Main Authors: Yoshitane Tsukamoto, MD, PhD (Author), Hiroyuki Futani, MD, PhD (Author), Shunsuke Kumanishi, MD (Author), Takahiro Watanabe, MD (Author), Takako Kihara, MD (Author), Seiichi Hirota, MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We studied a 17-year-old Japanese male with huge mass arising from the left third rib. The mass compressed the left lung and adhered to the pericardium, but the patient had no distant metastasis. He had a high level of plasma pro-gastrin-releasing peptide (proGRP). Histopathological examination of t...