Extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma mimicking traumatic hematoma

Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 1998;118(3):172-3. doi: 10.1007/s004020050341.

Abstract

We describe the clinical course of a 16-year-old baseball player with a history of recurrent hematoma of the thigh. The lesion was aspirated percutaneously several times and curetted under the diagnosis of traumatic hematoma. Microscopical examination revealed massive hemorrhage, necrosis, and a small number of Ewing's sarcoma cells. He died of multiple metastases. With recurrent hematoma in the soft tissue, neoplastic lesions should be ruled out.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hematoma / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Recurrence
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / pathology
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thigh