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Endobronchial ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration diagnosis of metastatic FUS‐ERG‐rearranged extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma following 15 years of untreated metastatic recurrence

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Ewing sarcoma (ES) is the second most common bone malignancy in young patients, with 80% occurring in the first two decades of life. In contrast, extraskeletal ES accounts for approximately… Click to show full abstract

Ewing sarcoma (ES) is the second most common bone malignancy in young patients, with 80% occurring in the first two decades of life. In contrast, extraskeletal ES accounts for approximately 12% of cases and is more common in older patients.[1] The clinical behaviour is aggressive, with a 5-year survival of 70-80% for localized disease, less than 30% for metastatic or early-relapsing disease, and possibly a worse prognosis in adults compared to children.[1,2] ES is defined by FET-ETS family gene fusions. The majority of cases harbour t(11;22)(q24;q12) translocations, corresponding to EWSR1-FLI1 fusion (85%), or t(21;22)(q22;q12) resulting in EWSR1-ERG (10%).[1] Herein we report the case of an FUS-ERG fusion-positive extraskeletal ES, which exhibited an indolent natural history over 25 years without any intervention, diagnosed via endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EBUS-FNA) biopsy following progression.

Keywords: endobronchial ultrasound; guided fine; ewing sarcoma; ultrasound guided; erg; fus erg

Journal Title: Cytopathology
Year Published: 2021

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