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Ali Alqahtani1, Roaa Amer1, Eman Bakhsh2
1College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Case Reports in Pediatrics
|July 11, 2017
Summary
This case study reports a rare instance of occipital Ewing's sarcoma in a child, which later spread to the spine. Early screening for central nervous system (CNS) Ewing's sarcoma metastasis is crucial.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Oncology
- Neurosurgery
- Radiology
Background:
- Ewing's sarcoma is a primary bone cancer, predominantly affecting long bones in children.
- Primary cranial involvement is rare (1%), with occipital location being extremely uncommon.
- This report details a unique case of primary occipital Ewing's sarcoma with posterior fossa mass and spinal metastasis.

