Ewing sarcoma of the jejunum: A case report and literature review

World J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 May 27;13(5):507-515. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v13.i5.507.

Abstract

Background: Ewing sarcomas (ESs) are highly aggressive malignancy and are predominant in the long bones of extremities of children and young adults with a slight male predilection and rarely presents at extra skeletal locations.

Case summary: A 55-year-old woman came to our hospital after finding elevated tumor biomarkers during her physical examination. Her enhanced computed tomography scan showed a jejunal mass. The patient underwent laparoscopic enterectomy. The mass was later diagnosed as ES, evidenced by fluorescence in situ hybridization whereby the GLP ES breakpoint region 1 probe was used, showing that more than 10% of the cells showed a red-green-yellow signal proving the breakpoint rearrangement of the ES breakpoint region 1 gene in chromosome 22.

Conclusion: We describe a case of localized ES at the jejunum in China based on the literature.

Keywords: Case report; Enterectomy; Ewing sarcoma; Ewing sarcoma breakpoint region 1 gene; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Jejunum; Small bowel.

Publication types

  • Case Reports