Adjuvant hypofractionated partial-brain radiation therapy for pediatric Ewing sarcoma brain metastases: case report

J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Apr;17(4):434-8. doi: 10.3171/2015.8.PEDS15313. Epub 2015 Dec 4.

Abstract

This case report demonstrates that hypofractionated partial-brain radiation therapy with limited margins is a reasonable approach following gross tumor resection of Ewing sarcoma metastases to the brain. The patient presented with 2 intracranial metastases treated with gross-total resection followed by radiation therapy to 30 Gy in 5 fractions. The patient experienced symptomatic treatment-related inflammatory changes with resolution after receiving dexamethasone. He remains alive at 21 months of follow-up with no evidence of disease.

Keywords: Ewing sarcoma; GTR = gross-total resection; WBRT = whole-brain radiation therapy; brain metastases; oncology; radiation necrosis; radiation therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Brain Neoplasms* / radiotherapy
  • Brain Neoplasms* / secondary
  • Brain Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Radiation Dose Hypofractionation*
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / methods*
  • Sarcoma, Ewing / pathology*