Acta Med. 2018, 61: 60-64

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.53

From Ataxia to Diagnosis of Askin Tumor – a Case Report

Marko Baškovića, Božidar Župančića, Mirko Žganjera, Igor Nikolićb, Davor Ježekc, Lucija Čizmićd

aDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
bDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Clinical Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
cDepartment of Histology and Embriology, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Croatia
dUniversity of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

Received August 2, 2017
Accepted June 5, 2018

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