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Ewing's sarcoma - Symptom

Alternative Names

Ewing's family of tumors; Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET)

Symptoms:

There are few symptoms. The most common is pain and occasionally swelling at the site of the tumor.

Children may also break a bone at the site of the tumor after a seemingly minor injury (this is called a "pathologic fracture").

Fever may also be present.

Signs and tests:

If a tumor is suspected, tests to locate the primary tumor and any spread (metastasis) often include:

Biopsy of the tumor
Bone scan
Chest x-ray
CT scan of the chest
MRI of the tumor
X-ray of the tumor

X-ray

Ewings sarcoma - X-ray

Reviewed last on: 3/2/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Baker LH. Bone tumors: primary and metastatic bone lesions. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 212.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Bone Cancer. National Comprehensive Cancer Network; 2010. Version 1.2010.

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