Solitary, isolated metastasis from Ewing's sarcoma to the brain: case report

Surg Neurol. 1991 Mar;35(3):239-43. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(91)90078-n.

Abstract

We report a case of a 30-year-old woman who developed an intraparenchymal cerebral metastasis from a Ewing's sarcoma of the chest wall diagnosed and treated 3 years earlier and in apparent remission at the time of the neurological presentation (seizures). The case was complicated by a spontaneous preoperative intratumoral hemorrhage that occurred the morning of the scheduled surgical resection and caused a left dense hemiparesis. The tumor and the hematoma were removed. The patient improved after surgical intervention and a postoperative course of cranial irradiation followed by systemic chemotherapy was given. Nineteen months after treatment the patient remains disease-free from the clinical and radiological standpoint.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Brain Neoplasms / therapy
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cranial Irradiation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Remission Induction
  • Ribs
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / complications
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / secondary*
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / therapy