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Malignancies account for about 20% of incidentally diagnosed venous thromboembolism. Surgery- or chemotherapy-induced risk of thrombosis is also high in patients with cancer. We report on a young male with skeletal Ewing’s sarcoma who presented with deep vein thrombosis in the affected limb, which is quite a rare clinical condition. Venous thrombosis of the lower extremities in young patients should prompt the clinician to search for underlying local malignancies.
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Tasci, I., Erdem, G., Dogru, T. et al. Ewing’s sarcoma of the fibula presenting with venous thrombosis. Clin Transl Oncol 10, 847–849 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12094-008-0300-z
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