Nair K Chandramohan, Misra B Hussain, Nileena Nayak, Jayasree Kattoor, Manjo Pandey, Ramachandran Krishnankutty
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Abstract
Ewing's sarcoma commonly arises from bone and sometimes from extraskeletal soft tissues. It commonly metastasizes to the lungs, bone, bone marrow and brain. Cardiac metastasis is extremely uncommon. The present report discusses a case of Ewing's sarcoma metastasizing to the heart at the time of initial presentation.