Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull: radical resection and immediate cranioplasty after chemotherapy. A technical note

Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Feb;29(2):303-6. doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-1974-7. Epub 2012 Nov 23.

Abstract

Purpose: The current standard treatment of Ewing's sarcoma is chemotherapy followed by surgery, making an immediate cranial reconstruction in a one-step surgical procedure possible.

Methods: We describe the technique used to repair a cranial defect after the resection of a primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull in a one-step surgical procedure.

Results: Bone repair with a custom-made cranioplasty immediately after resection of a primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull avoids deformities and late complications associated with reconstructive surgery after radiotherapy and not interfere with radiotherapy and neither with follow-up.

Conclusion: A one-step surgical procedure after chemotherapy for primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull could be safer, less aggressive and more radical; avoiding deformities and late complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Technical Report

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methylmethacrylate / administration & dosage*
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / drug therapy*
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / surgery*
  • Skull Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Skull Neoplasms / surgery*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Methylmethacrylate