Pediatria pre prax 5/2012
Ewing sarcoma – a rare cause of joint and bone pain
Here we present the clinical course of a 15-year-old patient with metastatic Ewing sarcoma to bone marrow. MRI confirmed changes in the marrow of long bones and molecular genetic studies revealed sensitive and specific Ewing sarcoma translocation (11;22) (q24;q12) with creation of fusion gene EWSR1.
Keywords: Ewing sarcoma, pediatric, bone metastatic spread, cytogenetics, EWSR1.
