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. 1987 Jul;24(7):426–428. doi: 10.1136/jmg.24.7.426

18q-syndrome and extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma.

M Machin Valtueña, J M Garcia-Sagredo, A Muñoz Villa, C Lozano Giménez, J M Aparicio Meix
PMCID: PMC1050151  PMID: 3612718

Abstract

Cytogenetic studies carried out in a boy with multiple congenital anomalies showed a partial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 18. The child later developed an extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma. The possible association of the tumour with 18q- syndrome is discussed.

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