| Title | Isolated CNS vasculitis: Unusual presentation of relapsed Ewing sarcoma. | | Author(s) | Stepensky P, Waldman E, Simanovsky N, Fried I, Revel-Vilk S, Resnick IB, Weintraub M | | Institution | Departments of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. | | Source | Pediatr Blood Cancer 2009 Nov 3. | | Abstract | We describe a 12-year-old boy male who presented with an expressive dysphasia after completion of treatment for unifocal Ewing sarcoma. CNS vasculitis was diagnosed by MRI/MRA and cerebral angiography. Extensive rheumatologic work-up failed to identify an underlying primary process. Restaging studies showed no evidence of tumor. Complete neurologic recovery was achieved on prednisone. Four months later the patient developed overt, extensive metastases, confirmed by biopsy to represent recurrent Ewing sarcoma. Despite intensive therapy the patient succumbed 6 months later. This case demonstrates the unique finding of isolated CNS vasculitis as a presenting sign of Ewing sarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19890904 |
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