British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 226-227, April 2007

Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the maxilla

  • Guowen Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
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  • Zubing Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +86 27 8764 6313.
    • ,
  • Jinrong Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, PR China
    • ,
  • Cong Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China

Accepted 29 July 2005.

Abstract 

The peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour (pPNET) is a rare and highly malignant soft tissue neoplasm in children and young adults. We present a case of pPNET of the maxilla in a 49-year-old woman.

Keywords: pPNET, Small round cell tumor, CD99 (MIC2), RT-PCR

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PII: S0266-4356(05)00250-0

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.07.028

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 226-227, April 2007

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