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Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull: follow-up with bone scanning

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Abstract

The authors report and discuss an extremely rare case of primary Ewing's sarcoma originating in the flat bones of the skull. The case was followed up by serial bone scanning during the postoperative period. A subclinical recurrence was detected as a focus at the original site 2.5 years after the first operation. Following a second operation and adjuvant chemotherapy the patient is still asymptomatic.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Vakif Gureba Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ahmet Yildizhan

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey

    Ferruh Gezen

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Yildizhan, A., Gezen, F. Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the skull: follow-up with bone scanning. Neurosurg. Rev. 15, 225–229 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345940

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