Jennifer Son, Year III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Imaging of Ewing’s Sarcoma
Jen Son
Harvard Medical School
BIDMC, Boston
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Jennifer Son, Year III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Area of mottled sclerosis and lucency in the distal half
of the right clavicle, slightly expansive
Lesion borders are ill-defined with associated
periosteal
reaction and cortical thinning
Associated soft tissue mass, normal contour lost
Lesion concerning for malignancy—MRI
recommended
6 yo
female
presents with
right clavicular
mass and pain
Our Patient
PA Chest film
Jennifer Son, Year III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
MRI
Suspicion of malignancy
-provides information on marrow and soft tissue
involvement—spread through medullary
better
seen than on plain radiographs; can detect
presence of skip lesions in bone
-must be obtained before biopsy because
postoperative changes can confuse true
extent of disease
Jennifer Son, Year III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Sagittal
and axial T2 with fat suppression sequences show a soft tissue
mass surrounding the right clavicle with associated edema.
There is communication of the soft tissue mass with the medullary
cavity.
The soft tissue mass showed enhancement with gadolinium.
Our Patient: MRI
Jennifer Son, Year III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Differential Diagnosis
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Important things to consider when
evaluating bony lesions:
-age of patient
-location, size
-cortical destruction
-associated soft tissue mass
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
Differential Diagnosis cont’d
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Osteomyelitis
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Osteosarcoma
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Ewing’s sarcoma
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Lymphoma
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Leukemia
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Metastatic neuroblastoma
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Langerhans
cell histiocytosis
Can all have “moth-
eaten”
pattern and
surrounding edema
Can have similar
lytic
pattern
May have patterns
of sclerosis
PEAK AGES:
0-5: LCH,
neuroblastoma,
leukemia
5-10: Osteosarcoma
10-20: Ewing’s
sarcoma
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
Biopsy
Biopsy (with CT guidance)
Our patient’s results showed
Ewing’s sarcoma
small round blue cells
Jennifer Son, Year III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Ewing’s Sarcoma
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Described in 1921 by Dr. James Ewing
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2nd most common bone tumor in children
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Usually occurs in 2nd
decade of life; rarely
occurs after age 30
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Whites affected much more than other races
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Found mostly in flat and long bones
(diaphysis)
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Clinical Presentation
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Pain--usually intermittent at first, but can
progress to intense pain
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Can present like osteomyelitis: Fever,
anemia, leukocytosis, increased ESR or
LDH
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Eventually a large mass may be palpable
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Less commonly, can present with
pathological fracture
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
Plain Film: Typical Findings
●Ill-defined, destructive margins ●“moth-eaten”
appearance
(purple arrow)
●overlying soft tissue mass ●expanded cortex
with displacement of periosteum
(Codman’s triangle) ●
“onion
peel”
appearance due to periosteal
reaction (orange arrows)
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Example patient #1 Example patient #2
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80% to 90% have soft
tissue mass—best seen on
T2-weighted/T1-weighted
C+; heterogeneous
contrast-enhancement
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Coronal or sagittal
T1-
weighted images can
demonstrate intramedullary
extent (arrows)
MRI: Typical Findings
Example patient #3
Jennifer Son, Year III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Now that we have seen a typical
presentation of Ewing’s sarcoma,
let’s review an atypical presentation.
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
Atypical Presentation: Pt #2
15 yo
male, initially
presented with
fevers and hip pain
Plain film of pelvis
appears normal
overall
Jennifer Son, Year III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Initial diagnosis of
osteomyelitis
made based on
clinical presentation and
findings on plain films and MRI
Debridement, antibiotics—pt
still had pain
Plain film of right hip s/p
debridement shows heterotopic
bone along the right ilium--likely related to the debridement
Another MRI done—findings
consistent with osteomyelitis;
a biopsy was non-specific
Pt #2: Plain film
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
Pt #2: MRI #4
Decreased signal in rt
ilium
Another biopsy
done after
repeated failure to
respond to
antibiotics—
Ewing’s sarcoma
diagnosed
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
Our Patient: Metastatic Workup
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Need to assess lung (most common site of metastases) with chest CT
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Our patient’s chest CT showed no evidence of metastatic disease;
however, can visualize cortical destruction of clavicle (yellow arrow)
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
Metastatic Workup cont’d
Bone scintigraphy:
Whole body scan using Tc
99m-MDP
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technetium-99m (radioactive) is
linked to methylene-diphosphonate
(MDP) which is taken up by bone
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‘hot spot’
occurs where tracer
accumulates; denotes areas of ↑
physiological function (fracture, tumor)
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
Our Patient: Bone Scan
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
Treatment
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Chemotherapy
-reduces local tumor volume
-believed that majority of cases have
subclinical metastatic disease at time of
presentation
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Surgical resection of tumor
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Adjuvant radiation therapy if needed
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~80% of limbs can be salvaged
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Prognosis
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Unfavorable:
-presence of metastases (30% survival
w/isolated lung mets, <20% w/bone mets)
-large size of primary tumor (>200ml)
-axial location vs. extremity
-male sex, age >12, anemia, ↑
LDH,
radiation therapy only for local control, poor
chemo course
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
Treatment Evaluation
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MRI
-necrotic intraosseous
lesion with increased
signal on T2
-can have well-defined margin
-however, changes in signal can reflect
changes in bone marrow structure or
nonspecific fibrosis can make detecting
residual tumor difficult
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Bone scan
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
PET
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Positron emission tomography (PET) with
fluorodeoxyglucose
(FDG)
-most sensitive to detect changes
in tumor metabolism following
treatment
-glucose analog is taken up and
retained by tissues with high
metabolic activity (brain, liver,
most malignant tumors)
(also a possible role for metastatic workup)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDG-PET
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Gillian Lieberman, MD
Our Patient: Bone Scan, post-treatment
S/P chemo and resection; no
evidence of uptake in previous
area of neoplasm or osseus
metastases
Jennifer Son, Year III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Imaging Algorithm
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Plain films (at least 2 planes)
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MRI for better characterization of extent
and involvement
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Biopsy (CT guidance or open) for definitive
diagnosis
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Chest CT and bone scan for evaluation of
metastases
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MRI, bone scan, PET-FDG for treatment
assessment
Jennifer Son, Year III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
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Jennifer Son, Year III
Gillian Lieberman, MD
Acknowledgements
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Dr. Jimmy Kang
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Dr. Jeanette Perez
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Ms. Pamela Lepkowski
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Ms. Jane Choura
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Dr. Gillian Lieberman
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Larry Barbaras
THANK YOU!
Imaging of Ewing’s Sarcoma
Slide Number 2
MRI
Slide Number 4
Differential Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis cont’d
Biopsy
Ewing’s Sarcoma
Clinical Presentation
Plain Film: Typical Findings
Slide Number 11
Slide Number 12
Atypical Presentation: Pt #2
Slide Number 14
Pt #2: MRI #4
Our Patient: Metastatic Workup
Metastatic Workup cont’d
Our Patient: Bone Scan
Treatment
Prognosis
Treatment Evaluation
PET
Our Patient: Bone Scan, post-treatment
Imaging Algorithm
References
Acknowledgements