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==Ewing sarcoma== | ==Ewing sarcoma== | ||
*[[AKA]] EWS/PNET: | *[[AKA]] EWS/pPNET, AKA (confusingly) EWS/PNET: | ||
**EWS = Ewing sarcoma. | **EWS = Ewing sarcoma. | ||
** | **pPNET = peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour. | ||
*EWS and | *EWS and pPNET were once thought to be different tumours. | ||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
*''Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour'' should not be confused with ''primitive neuroectodermal tumour'' a (supertentorial) brain tumour with similarities to [[medulloblastoma]]. | *''Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour'' should not be confused with ''primitive neuroectodermal tumour'', commonly abbreviated ''PNET'', a (supertentorial) brain tumour with similarities to [[medulloblastoma]]. | ||
===General=== | ===General=== |
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