A case of primary Ewing's sarcoma of the occipital bone presenting with obstructive hydrocephalus.
BACKGROUND
Ewing's sarcomas account for approximately 10% of primary malignant bone tumors. While most of the primary Ewing's sarcomas occur in the long bones, pelvis, or ribs, approximately 1-6% of these sarcomas arise in the skull. We found approximately 50 cases of Ewing's sarcoma of the calvarium reported in our search of the literature. Of these, 36 cases were reported in detail.


METHODS
In this article we describe a rare case of primary Ewing's sarcoma of the occipital bone presenting with acute obstructive hydrocephalus and review the literature.
Department of Neurosurgery, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono, 570-8507, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan.
Takasumi
T
Yasuda
Takayuki
T
Inagaki
Yasuo
Y
Yamanouchi
Keiji
K
Kawamoto
Urara
U
Kohdera
Hirohide
H
Kawasaki
Takahide
T
Nakano
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome