Open AccessIsolated skull base primary Ewing′s sarcoma: An extremely rare location
Author(s) -
Goutham Cugati,
Manish Kumar Singh,
Anil Pande,
Nigel Peter Symss,
Vasudevan M Chakravarthy,
R. Ramamurthi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.126479
Subject(s) - skull , medicine , histopathology , paresis , middle cranial fossa , sarcoma , presentation (obstetrics) , lesion , radiology , anatomy , pathology
A 16-year-old boy presented with history of headache and blurring of distant vision. He had UMN facial paresis and papilledema. Imaging revealed a heterogenous space occupying lesion in the middle cranial fossa base with mass effect and midline shift and non homogenous contrast enhancement with erosion of the petrous bone. He underwent gross total excision of the lesion. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry were suggestive of skull base Ewing's sarcoma. Bone scan was done to rule out primary involvement of other extracranial location. We have discussed the epidemiology, presentation, management and prognosis of such cases.