Abstract
Ewing sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors (ES/pPNET), a member of the Ewing sarcoma family of tumors, is a malignant soft tissue tumor with small undifferentiated neuroectodermal cells. Primary trachea-bronchial ES/pPNET is very rare. The most common pulmonary ES is due to a metastasis. We describe a case of ES/pPNET which originated in the left basal trunk bronchus. The patient was a 30-year-old male, presenting with irritable cough and fever for 10 days. A tumor of 60 mm in diameter was found in the left basal trunk bronchus, extending to the left lower lobe. No distant metastases were detected. Histopathological examination revealed a malignancy of ES/pPNET with a diffuse proliferation of round cells, a Flexner-Wintersteiner rosette formation and positive staining for CD99. The patient was successfully treated with a combination of left lower lobectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy and has remained disease-free for approximately 18 months at follow-up. This case highlights that ES/pPNET should be considered as a differential diagnosis in cases of trachea-bronchial tumors.
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