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Ewing sarcoma in a geriatric patient

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Ewing Sarcoma has been the second most common primary osseous malignancy in childhood and adolescence. It has been described as a highly aggressive neoplasm. This is the oldest case report in the literature with Ewing Sarcoma.

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  1. Ankara Numune Educational Hospital, PK 203, 06443, Yenişehir, Ankara, Turkey

    Burçak Kayhan, Ersan Özaslan, Esranur Ademoğlu & Arzu Akgül

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Diğdem Özer

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Kayhan, B., Özer, D., Özaslan, E. et al. Ewing sarcoma in a geriatric patient. Aging Clin Exp Res 17, 347–349 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03324621

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