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J Clin Pathol 58:1051-1056 doi:10.1136/jcp.2004.025502
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A practical approach to the clinical diagnosis of Ewing’s sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumour and other small round cell tumours sharing EWS rearrangement using new fluorescence in situ hybridisation probes for EWSR1 on formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded tissue

Table 3

 Clinical findings of the 6 clear cell sarcomas analysed

Case Age (years) Sex Tumour site Tumour size (cm) RT-PCR FISH Follow up (months) Outcome
AWD, alive with disease; CDF, continued disease free; DOD, died of disease; FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridisation; NA, data not available; ND, not detected; RT-PCR, reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction.
1 25 M Thigh 4.0 EWS–ATF1 Positive 24 AWD
2 33 M Kidney 12.0 EWS–ATF1 Positive 8 DOD
3 38 M Abdominal wall 6.0 NA Positive 252 DOD
4 41 M Forearm 4.5 EWS–ATF1 Positive 6 AWD
5 62 F Ankle 4.0 EWS–ATF1 ND 20 CDF
6 69 F Hand NA EWS–ATF1 Positive 49 DOD

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