Primary Ewing’s sarcoma of the petroclival bone

A 17-year-old male presented with signs of raised intracranial tension and multiple cranial nerve dysfunction. Radiological imaging revealed an extradural calcified tumor involving the right petrous bone and adjacent clivus. The patient underwent extensive surgical debulking of the mass. Histopathol...

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Published inJournal of clinical neuroscience Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 712 - 714
Main Authors Balasubramaniam, Srikant, Nadkarni, Trimurti, Menon, Ram, Goel, Atul, Rajashekaran, Preetha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2008
Subjects
Adolescent
Bone Neoplasms - pathology
Bone Neoplasms - therapy
Clivus
Ewing’s sarcoma
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Male
Neurology
Occipital Bone - pathology
Petrous bone
Sarcoma, Ewing - pathology
Sarcoma, Ewing - therapy
Skull base
Temporal Bone - pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
Ewing’s sarcoma
Petrous bone
Skull base
Clivus
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ISSN0967-5868
1532-2653
DOI10.1016/j.jocn.2007.04.023

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Summary:A 17-year-old male presented with signs of raised intracranial tension and multiple cranial nerve dysfunction. Radiological imaging revealed an extradural calcified tumor involving the right petrous bone and adjacent clivus. The patient underwent extensive surgical debulking of the mass. Histopathological study revealed that the tumor was Ewing’s sarcoma. Post-operative radio- and chemotherapy were administered. The patient’s cranial nerve dysfunctions had recovered to some extend at 12 months’ follow-up. Ewing’s sarcoma arising from the skull base is an extremely rare lesion. The relevant literature on the subject is reviewed.
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ISSN:0967-5868
1532-2653
DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2007.04.023