Infantile intraorbital Ewing's sarcoma: case report and review of the literature

Childs Nerv Syst. 2021 Jan;37(1):299-304. doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04606-6. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

Abstract

We reported a 7-month-old female with intraorbital Ewing's sarcoma. Infantile Ewing's sarcoma is rare and its prognosis is poor. Ewing's sarcoma of orbital origin is even rare. There has been only 1 case of infantile intraorbital Ewing's sarcoma reported, and only 5 infantile primary orbital ESFTs (Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors) have been reported. Among these 5 cases, 2 infants who did not receive multimodal therapy died, whereas 3 who received multimodal therapy demonstrated long-term survival. The present case was also treated with multimodal therapy consisting of surgery, chemotherapy, and proton beam radiotherapy. There is no recurrence at 15 months follow-up. No specific treatment strategies have been established yet, and accumulation of cases is necessary. Ewing's sarcoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of infantile intraorbital tumors.

Keywords: Ewing’s sarcoma; Infantile intraorbital tumor; Proptosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Prognosis
  • Sarcoma, Ewing* / diagnostic imaging
  • Sarcoma, Ewing* / therapy