Ewings Sarcoma of Fourth Metatarsal: A Rare Presentation
Published: January 1, 2019 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2019/37214.12468
Chetan Peshin, Kunal Das, Ahmed Abdul Ghaffar, Sirazul Haque Malik
1. Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Himaliyan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatric Hemato-oncology, Himaliyan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
3. Junior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Himaliyan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
4. Junior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Himaliyan Institute of Medical Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Chetan Peshin,
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Himaliyan Institute of Medical Sciences,
Jolly Grant, Dehradun-248016, Uttarakhand, India.
E-mail: chetanpeshin@gmail.com
Ewings sarcoma is a primary aggressive neoplasm of bone seen in the second decade of life. This is a case report of a 10-year-old male child who presented with Ewings sarcoma of fourth metatarsal of left side with no distant metastases. Patient was managed by neo-adjuvant therapy followed by wide excision of the tumour followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. He had a very good response and was disease free for up to two years on follow-up.
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