title: Skull metastasis of Ewing's sarcoma--three case reports.
abstract: Three cases of skull metastasis of Ewing's sarcoma were treated. The metastatic lesion was located at the midline of the skull above the superior sagittal sinus in all cases. Surgery was performed in two patients with solitary skull lesions involving short segments of the superior sagittal sinus without remarkable systemic metastasis, resulting in good outcome. The third patient had extensive, multiple tumors involving the superior sagittal sinus which could not be excised, and died due to intracranial hypertension. The surgical indication for skull metastasis of Ewing's sarcoma depends on the location and length of the involved superior sagittal sinus, and general condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medical Sciences, Gifu University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamakawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Andoh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012272:Ribs / Q000601:surgery; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery