Ewing Sarcoma in a Patient With Cowden Syndrome

J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2015 Nov;13(11):1310-4. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2015.0161.

Abstract

A 47-year-old woman, initially diagnosed in 1996 with Cowden syndrome (CS), PTEN-mutant bilateral breast cancer, a thyroid nodule, and uterine fibroids, presented to UCLA in 2013 with Ewing sarcoma of the pelvic bone. Her treatment course included mastectomies, hysterectomy/oophorectomy, and total thyroid resection, and chemotherapy, radiation, and hemipelvectomy for Ewing sarcoma. This case report illustrates the unusual presentation of Ewing sarcoma in a patient with PTEN-mutant CS, the probable underlying molecular pathogenesis, long-term management, and therapeutic considerations.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / diagnosis*
  • Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / genetics
  • Hamartoma Syndrome, Multiple / therapy
  • Humans
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation
  • PTEN Phosphohydrolase / genetics
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / diagnosis*
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • PTEN Phosphohydrolase
  • PTEN protein, human