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Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors and Related Lesions

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Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors

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Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET) form part of the heterogeneous group of small round (blue) cell tumors of childhood and adolescence. This group also contains conventional neuroblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, lymphoma, and Ewing’s sarcoma [58, 59, 65].

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Simoens, W.A., Degryse, H.R. (2001). Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors and Related Lesions. In: De Schepper, A.M., Parizel, P.M., De Beuckeleer, L., Vanhoenacker, F. (eds) Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07856-3_19

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