Author/Authors :
Mathur, S K Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences - Department of Pathology, India , Jain, Promil Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences - Department of Pathology, Rohtak , Singh, Sunita Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences - Department of Pathology, India , Rattan, K N Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences - Department of Pediatric Surgery, India , Dahiya, Narinder Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences - Department of Pathology, India , Singh, Sneh Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences - Department of Pathology, India
Abstract :
Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumour of chest wall or the Askin tumour is a rare, malignant small cell neuroepithelioma that arises from the chest wall or lung. It is seen predominantly in children and adolescents. Although its appearance by light microscopy is similar to Ewing’s sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, neuroblastoma and lymphoma, which account for bulk of chest wall neoplasms in this age group, yet the Askin tumour is a distinct entity. We present a case of Askin tumour in a child, a rare malignant tumour in the thoraco-pulmonary area with highly aggressive clinical course.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Askin Tumour , primitive neuro , ectodermal tumour , malignant small cell neuroepithelioma
