Gondhane Abhay, Sonavane Sunita N, Basu Sandip
Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tata Memorial Hospital Annexe, Jerbai Wadia Road, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
World J Nucl Med. 2024 Aug 6;23(4):307-311. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1788793. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Ewing's sarcoma (ES) is a mesenchymal origin malignant neoplasm that affects children and adolescents. It is the second most common type of bone sarcoma and accounts for approximately 1.5% of all childhood cancers with an annual incidence of 1 to 3 cases per million children under 16 years of age. In this article, we present the case of a 16-year-old adolescent girl. Lung metastasis at the initial diagnosis of ES is relatively uncommon but carries significant prognostic implications. Lung metastases in ES can vary significantly in size, ranging from small nodules (just a few millimeters in size) to the largest reported case being 15 cm. The size of the metastases impacts the choice of therapeutic strategies and the prognosis. Approximately 30% of patients with ES experience a relapse, with the lungs being a common site for metastatic disease. Relapsed lung metastasis on follow-up is a critical concern in the long-term management of ES. We describe a relapsed case of ES in a 16-year-old adolescent girl who presented with a solitary large metastatic right lung mass, with the longest dimension of 16 cm on craniocaudal measurement. The primary site of the tumor was the left distal femur, for which the patient received six cycles of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, followed by en bloc tumor excision and rotationplasty of the left distal femur, after which the patient received seven cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy. Subsequent 5 years of regular follow-up was asymptomatic. Later, the patient presented with back pain and cough, and was diagnosed with a solitary large right lung mass. Computed tomography (CT) guided biopsy of the right lung mass revealed a metastatic ES, for which she underwent chemoradiotherapy. This case highlights the large size of solitary lung metastases in relapsed ES.
尤因肉瘤(ES)是一种起源于间充质的恶性肿瘤,主要影响儿童和青少年。它是第二常见的骨肉瘤类型,约占所有儿童癌症的1.5%,年发病率为每百万16岁以下儿童1至3例。在本文中,我们介绍了一名16岁少女的病例。ES初诊时出现肺转移相对少见,但具有重要的预后意义。ES的肺转移灶大小差异很大,从小结节(仅几毫米大小)到报道的最大病例为15厘米。转移灶的大小会影响治疗策略的选择和预后。约30%的ES患者会复发,肺部是转移性疾病的常见部位。随访中复发性肺转移是ES长期管理中的一个关键问题。我们描述了一名16岁少女的ES复发病例,她出现了一个孤立的右肺大转移瘤,在头尾方向测量最长径为16厘米。肿瘤的原发部位是左股骨远端,患者接受了6个周期的新辅助化疗,随后进行了左股骨远端肿瘤整块切除和旋转成形术,术后患者又接受了7个周期的辅助化疗。随后5年的定期随访均无症状。后来,患者出现背痛和咳嗽,被诊断为右肺孤立性大肿块。计算机断层扫描(CT)引导下对右肺肿块进行活检,显示为转移性ES,为此她接受了放化疗。该病例突出了复发性ES中孤立性肺转移瘤的巨大尺寸。