Primary Ewing''s Sarcoma of the Skull Base with Intracerebral Extension —Case Report

A 32-year-old female presented with an uncommon primary Ewing''s sarcoma of the skull involving the middle cranial fossa with an extremely unusual extension into the cerebral parenchyma. She was treated with surgical excision, irradiation, and chemotherapy. Two years after surgery she demo...

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Published inNeurologia medico-chirurgica Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 628 - 630
Main Authors NAKANE, Toshichi, HASHIZUME, Yoshio, TACHIBANA, Eiji, MIZUTANI, Nobuhiko, HANDA, Takashi, MUTSUGA, Naomi, YOSHIDA, Jun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan The Japan Neurosurgical Society 1994
Subjects
Adult
Combined Modality Therapy
Ewing''s sarcoma
Female
Humans
intracerebral extension
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Sarcoma, Ewing - pathology
Sarcoma, Ewing - therapy
skull base
Skull Neoplasms - pathology
Skull Neoplasms - therapy
Sphenoid Sinus - pathology
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Summary:A 32-year-old female presented with an uncommon primary Ewing''s sarcoma of the skull involving the middle cranial fossa with an extremely unusual extension into the cerebral parenchyma. She was treated with surgical excision, irradiation, and chemotherapy. Two years after surgery she demonstrated no evidence of local recurrence or distant metastasis. Ewing''s sarcoma of the skull may achieve a better survival rate under adequate management than this lesion in other sites.
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ISSN:0470-8105
1349-8029
DOI:10.2176/nmc.34.628