Extraskeletal Ewing's Sarcoma Presenting as a Mediastinal Mass Jane Halliday, MB BChir, Sing Yang Soon, MB ChB, MRCS, Hannah Monaghan, MB BS, William S. Walker, MB BChir, FRCS, Vipin Zamvar, MBBS, FRCS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 90, Issue 3, Pages 1016-1017 (September 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.083 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Computed tomographic scan of the thorax in the coronal plane. A large anterior mediastinal mass is demonstrated with maximum axial dimensions of 6.5 × 4.7 cm and craniocaudal extension of 7.6 cm. The trachea is significantly compressed measuring 5 mm in its mid-portion. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1016-1017DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.083) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Intraoperative appearance of the mass positioned centrally in the intraoperative image. The mediastinal mass extends from the superior edge of the azygos vein to the thoracic inlet superiorly. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1016-1017DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.083) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma showing relatively small, irregularly shaped cells with occasional nucleoli and scanty cytoplasm. (Hematoxylin and eosin stain; ×40.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 90, 1016-1017DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.083) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions