Key result
Aggressive surgery for primary skull Ewing's sarcoma fails to prevent rapid recurrence and death.
Case Report (n=1)
Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull is a rare and highly aggressive tumor that can recur rapidly and lead to death despite aggressive surgical intervention.
Primary skull Ewing's sarcoma may recur rapidly despite resection; leaves open optimal multimodal strategies in this rare site.
Ewing's sarcoma, a highly malignant bone tumour, typically affects the pelvis and the long bones of the lower extremities in children and young adults and primary involvement of the skull is rare. Here, we present a case of primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull with localised swelling in a young adult that involved the frontoparietal region of the skull and was very aggressive in nature. Even with aggressive surgery, the patient had multiple recurrences within 1 month of surgery and ultimately the patient died.
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Rahman et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull (n=1). Aggressive surgery was evaluated on Recurrence and survival. Aggressive surgery for primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull in a young adult was followed by multiple recurrences within 1 month and ultimate death.
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