title: Extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma of primary cardiac origin.
abstract: A 13-year-old boy presented with cardiac tamponade. Echocardiography revealed a large mass extending from the right and left ventricles into a large pericardial effusion. Pathology confirmed the first reported case of a primary cardiac extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington 05401.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Katzman
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Yeager
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Dickerman
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Leavitt
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Tischler
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Battle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery