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Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull presenting as an acute surgical emergency

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We report a case of primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull presenting as an acute surgical emergency.

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Tournut, P., Turjman, F., Laharotte, J.C. et al. Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull presenting as an acute surgical emergency. Child's Nerv Syst 10, 193–194 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00301090

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