Ewing's Sarcoma of the Cranial Vault

Primary Ewing's sarcoma (EWS) arising from cranial bones is rare and accounts for only 1%–4% of all EWS. We report the case of a 15-year-old girl with EWS of the frontoparietal region of the skull. She underwent excision following which she received combination chemotherapy with vincristine, do...

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Autores principales: Narayanan, Geetha, Sreelesh, K. P., Somanathan, Thara, Soman, Lali V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5244040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163522
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.196464
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author Narayanan, Geetha
Sreelesh, K. P.
Somanathan, Thara
Soman, Lali V.
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description Primary Ewing's sarcoma (EWS) arising from cranial bones is rare and accounts for only 1%–4% of all EWS. We report the case of a 15-year-old girl with EWS of the frontoparietal region of the skull. She underwent excision following which she received combination chemotherapy with vincristine, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide alternating with ifosfamide, and VP16 and local radiation of 45 Gy. She is alive in complete remission at 40 months.
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spelling pubmed-52440402017-02-03 Ewing's Sarcoma of the Cranial Vault Narayanan, Geetha Sreelesh, K. P. Somanathan, Thara Soman, Lali V. J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Primary Ewing's sarcoma (EWS) arising from cranial bones is rare and accounts for only 1%–4% of all EWS. We report the case of a 15-year-old girl with EWS of the frontoparietal region of the skull. She underwent excision following which she received combination chemotherapy with vincristine, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide alternating with ifosfamide, and VP16 and local radiation of 45 Gy. She is alive in complete remission at 40 months. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5244040/ /pubmed/28163522 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.196464 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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