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*Second most common malignant bone tumour in children.
*Second most common malignant bone tumour in children.
**Most common malignant bone tumour = osteosarcoma (AKA osteogenic sarcoma).
**Most common malignant bone tumour = osteosarcoma (AKA osteogenic sarcoma).
Poor prognostic factors:<ref>PST. 14 February 2011.</ref>
*Age (18 years-old+).
*Pelvis (extremity = good).
*>8 cm.
*Metastases.
*EWS-FL1 fusion type 2.


====Radiology====
====Radiology====
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===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>PST. 22 February 2010.</ref>
Features:<ref>PST. 22 February 2010.</ref>
*Scant clear cytoplasm (contain glycogen - PAS +ve, PAS-D -ve).
*Scant clear cytoplasm (contain glycogen -- PAS +ve, PAS-D -ve).
*Lack nucleoli.
*Bland round small nucleus.
*Round small nucleus.
**Usu. lack nucleoli.
**Usu. minimal-moderate size variation.
 


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===[[IHC]]===
===[[IHC]]===
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP651>{{Ref WMSP|651}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP651>{{Ref WMSP|651}}</ref>
*CD99 +ve (plasma membrane staining).
*CD99 +ve -- 1. diffuse, 2. plasma membrane staining; both required -- most specific.
*CD45 -ve.  
*CD45 -ve.  
**Done to r/o [[lymphoma]].
**Done to r/o [[lymphoma]].
*+/-Neural markers (NSE, synaptophysin, CD57 (??? CD56 ???), S100).
*+/-Neural markers (NSE, synaptophysin, CD57 (??? CD56 ???), S100).
*+/-Cytokeratins.
*+/-Cytokeratins.
*Caveolin-1.<ref>PST. 22 February 2010.</ref>
*Caveolin-1 +ve in ~ 85% of EWS.<ref>PST. 14 February 2011.</ref>
**New kid on the block.


Notes:<ref>PST. 22 February 2010.</ref>
Notes:<ref>PST. 22 February 2010.</ref>
*CD99 +ve (plasma membrane) tumours:
*CD99 +ve (plasma membrane) tumours:
**Lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukemia.
**[[Lymphoblastic lymphoma]]/leukemia.
**Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma.
**Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma.
**Desmoplastic small round cell tumour.
**[[Desmoplastic small round cell tumour]].


===Molecular diagnostics===
===Molecular diagnostics===
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*''EWS/FLI-1 fusion gene'' formation due to translocation: ''t(11;22)(q24;q12)''.<ref>URL: [http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/Tumors/Ewing5010.html http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/Tumors/Ewing5010.html]. Accessed on: 23 February 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid3163261>{{cite journal |author=Turc-Carel C, Aurias A, Mugneret F, ''et al.'' |title=Chromosomes in Ewing's sarcoma. I. An evaluation of 85 cases of remarkable consistency of t(11;22)(q24;q12) |journal=Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=229–38 |year=1988 |month=June |pmid=3163261 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*''EWS/FLI-1 fusion gene'' formation due to translocation: ''t(11;22)(q24;q12)''.<ref>URL: [http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/Tumors/Ewing5010.html http://atlasgeneticsoncology.org/Tumors/Ewing5010.html]. Accessed on: 23 February 2010.</ref><ref name=pmid3163261>{{cite journal |author=Turc-Carel C, Aurias A, Mugneret F, ''et al.'' |title=Chromosomes in Ewing's sarcoma. I. An evaluation of 85 cases of remarkable consistency of t(11;22)(q24;q12) |journal=Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=229–38 |year=1988 |month=June |pmid=3163261 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
**Often detected by RT-PCR (with EWS 5' and FLI-1 3' primers).  
**Often detected by RT-PCR (with EWS 5' and FLI-1 3' primers).  
**Type 1 = EWS exon 7 + FLI-1 exon 6; good prognosis.
**Type 2 = others; poor prognosis.


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**Neuroblastoma (possibly).
**Neuroblastoma (possibly).
*Several other translocations exist.
*Several other translocations exist.
*Lack of molecular findings does ''not'' exclude Ewing sarcoma.


==Osteosarcoma==
==Osteosarcoma==
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