Ewingn.
/ˈjuːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈjuɪŋ/ Pathology.
Used attributively and in the possessive to designate a rare malignant sarcoma of bone endothelium occurring mainly in childhood and adolescence, described by him in 1921 ( Proc. N.Y. Path. Soc. XXI. 17).
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osteosarcoma1804
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Ewing1924
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1924 Arch. Surg. 9 592 Ewing's tumor is not yet established as a clinical entity.
1927 Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 44 Suppl. i. 126 The gross anatomy of Ewing's sarcoma is characteristic and varies from that of osteogenic sarcoma.
1933 Amer. Jrnl. Pathol. 9 427 If..we imagine the bulky skull tumours to be transferred to a long bone, a Ewing tumour would result.
1947 Amer. Jrnl. Pathol. 23 45 We saw no evidence in our material that the basic cell of the Ewing sarcoma is totipotent.
1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xvii. 174 Yossarian also worried about Ewing's tumor and melanoma.
1976 Path. Ann. 11 126 When the tumor metastasizes to bone, difficulty in differentiating the metastatic neuroblastoma from Ewing's tumor may pose some difficulties.
1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Jan. 99/1 In rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma and Wilm's tumour considerably increased survival has been obtained.
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