Abstract
Ewing sarcoma is a malignant tumour of bone that is seen most often in children and
young adults. The usual primary sites are the extremities, trunk, pelvis, and skull,
and presentation in the mandible is rare. Cytogenetically it is characterised mainly
by the translocation t(11;22)(q24;q12), which has an important role in the establishment
of the clinical diagnosis. We report a 4-year-old boy with Ewing sarcoma of the mandible
and the cytogenetic alterations that we found.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: October 13, 2011
Accepted:
September 21,
2011
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© 2011 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
