CASE DESCRIPTION A 21-year-old male was initially evaluated because of a large mass that had been growing for 7 months. The patient had been experiencing frequent headaches and tenderness at the site of the lump for about a month before being seen by the neurosurgeon. A computed tomography scan revealed a large mass, 12 cm 7 cm, involving the scalp extending from the right temporal region to th...

Ewing's sarcoma is seen mainly in patients less than 18. This aggressive tumor generally affects the axial skeleton and only rarely involves the acral regions. Ewing's sarcoma in the foot is inordinately scarce. Clinical features are uncertain and can imitate other common diseases. This paper presents a case of 62-year-old malewith complaints of pain and swelling of the subungual area of his ri...

Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) with skull and brain metastases is extremely rare. A 53-year-old patient diagnosed as skull metastasis of ASPS visited our clinic complaining of an outgrowing scalp mass in spite of radiation therapy. Past medical history revealed that the patient had been diagnosed and treated for ASPS of the thigh 4 years ago. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a hyperintens...

The rarity of bone and soft tissue sarcoma, the difficulty in interpretation of imaging and histology, the plethora of treatment modalities, and the complexity and intensity of the treatment contribute to the need for systematic multidisciplinary team management of patients with these diseases. An integrated multidisciplinary clinic and team with a structured sarcoma tumor board facilitate team...

Ewing's sarcoma, peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor, and Askin's tumor comprise a single family of tumors, the Ewing's family of tumors, which is characterized by chromosomal translocation. Ewing's sarcoma is known as a malignancy of childhood, but with a median age of 15 years at diagnosis, it should equally be regarded as a malignancy of adolescence and young adulthood. There is much ...

1) Out of 160 primary meningeal tumors surgically treated, 10 cases had histologically malignant tumors. Of them two cases of sarcoma and one case of meningioma with marked invasiveness were filed in malignant (sarcoma) group, and six cases of angioblastic meningioma of hemangiopericytoma type and one case of meningioma with partial invasiveness in semi malignant group. 2) Average duration of s...