Table 1.
Summary of recent cases of Ewing sarcoma FT of the pancreas in the literature.
| Author | Age | Gender | Symptom | Pathologic features | Cytogenetics | Primary/metastatic | Location | Size (cm) | Treatment | Progression/outcome | Ref. |
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| Present case | 29 | M | None | CD99 | EWSR1-FLI1 fusion (type 1) | Metastatic—primary at the right tricep with metastases to the right lung, right greater sphenoid, and most recently to the pancreas | Body and neck | 1.8 × 1.6 | Cyclophosphamide, topotecan, and RAD | 12 mos; later; NED | Present case |
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| Nishizawa et al. (2015) | 22 | M | Upper abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting | CD99, NSE, VIM, synaptophysin, and neural cell adhesion molecule | 22q11 rearrangement | Primary | Pancreatic head | 8.5 × 5.0 × 6.2 | Whipple, CHE, and RAD | 12 mos; AWD | [5] |
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| Rubin et al. (1985) | 28 | M | None | N/A | N/A | Metastatic—primary ES of the right pubic bone with recurrence in 3 years and metastasis to the pancreas | 8 × 6 | CHE and RAD | 8 mos; died of disease | [10] | |
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| Obuz et al. (2000) | 15 | F | Jaundice | CD99 | Metastatic—primary ES in the right hemithorax invading mediastinum | Head | N/A | Partial pancreatic resection | N/A | [12] | |
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| Mulligan et al. (1997) | 26 | M | None | PAS | Metastatic—primary tumor in the left femur and concurrent mass found in the pancreas | Body and tail | N/A | RAD and chemotherapy | 15 mos; recurrence, DOD | [13] | |
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| Bose et al. (2012) | 31 | F | Gallstone pancreatitis | CD99 and VIM | EWSR1 gene at 22q12 (FISH) | Primary ES in the pancreas | Posterior junction of the body and tail | 3 | Distal pancreatectomy, splenectomy, and VAC with alternating IE | 18 mos; NED | [14] |
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| Kent et al. (2018) | 72 | F | Jaundice | CD99 and PAS granules | N/A | Primary | Papilla of Vater | 3 × 2 × 1.5 | Whipple | 2 mos; DOD | [15] |
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| Komforti et al. (2018) | 39 | M | Abdominal pain | CD99, chromogranin, and synaptophysin | EWSR1-FLI1 | Primary | Pancreatic body | 8 × 5.8 | Pain control | 1 mo; AD | [16] |
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| Liu et al. (2018) | 36 | M | Upper abdominal pain and jaundice | CD99, Ki-67, VIM, β-catenin, alpha-1-antichymotrypsin, and S-100 | N/A | Primary | Head | 6.3 × 3.6 × 4.8 | Roux-en-Y choledochojejunostomy, refused RAD and CHE | 1 mo; liver metastasis, 2 mos; DOD | [17] |
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| Golhar et al. (2017) | 17 | F | Jaundice and itching | CD99 and cytokeratin AE1/AE3 | Primary | Pancreatic head and uncinate process | 5.6 × 7.4 | Pancreotoduodectomy, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin | 2 wks; AWD | [18] | |
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| Saif et al. (2017) | 38 | F | Abdominal pain | CD99 | t(11;22), (q24; q12) | Primary | Body and tail of the pancreas | 8 × 10 | Distal pancreatectomy, IE, and VAC | 6 mos; AWD | [19] |
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| Teixeira et al. (2015) | 28 | F | Epigastric pain, jaundice, and pruritus | CD99, VIM, automated CKM, and CD56 | Primary | Head and body | 13 × 9 × 13 | Gastroduodenopancreatectomy | NED postop | [20] | |
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| Changal et al. (2014) | 60 | M | Epigastric pain | CD99, NSE, FLI-1, synaptophysin, and VIM | t(11;22) (q24; q12) via FISH | Primary | Head | 3.1 × 2.2 | VIDE × 3 | 3 mos; AWD | [21] |
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| Dias et al. (2013) | 25 | F | Abdominal pain | CD99 and cytokeratin 8 | t(11;22) (q24; q12) translocation | Primary | Head | 4.2 × 4.0 | Pancreaticoduodenectomy, VAI, and VDC | 8 mos; DOD | [22] |
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| Jayant et al. (2013) | 20 | F | LUQ pain | CD99 | Primary | Body and tail | 8 × 10 | Distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy, VAC, and RAD | 24 mos; DOD | [23] | |
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| Mao et al. (2013) | 13 | F | Abdominal pain, anorexia, polyuria, and polydipsia | CD99 and NSE | EWSR1-FLI1 fusion | Primary | Head | 9 × 11 × 17 | Surgical resection of uncinate process, RAD, VAC, and MAID | 9 mos; metastasis to the liver, 36 mos; metastasis to the right kidney; 41 mos; metastasis to the 3rd vertebra, DOD | [24] |
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| Rao et al. (2012) | 47 | F | Abdominal pain | CD99 | Primary | Body and tail | 12 × 15 | Distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy, IE, and VAC | NED after 2 cycles | [25] | |
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| Reilly et al. (2013) | 23 | M | Upper abdominal pain, nausea | CD99, cytokeratin AE1/AE3, Cam 5.2, CK19, VIM, BCL-2, NSE, EMA, cyclin D1, and PAS granules | EWSR1-FLT1 | Primary | Distal body and proximal tail | 5.8 × 5.4 | Distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy | Unknown | [26] |
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| Jing et al. (2011) | 24 | F | None | N/A | N/A | Primary | Head | 10 × 10 × 8 | Resection and CHE | N/A | [27] |
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| Maxwell et al. (2011) | 11 | M | Fatigue | CD99, broad-spectrum cytokeratin, and VIM | EWSR1-ERG fusion (RT-PCR) | Primary | Head | 9.8 × 7.8 × 6.4 | VDC alternating with IE, Whipple | 3 mos; AWD | [28] |
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| Wakao et al. (2011) | 3 | M | Upper abdominal pain and swelling | N/A | N/A | N/A | Head | N/A | Pancreatoduodenectomy, VDC/IE, AST, and RAD | 8 mos; AWD | [29] |
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| Doi et al. (2009) | 37 | M | Jaundice | CD99, VIM, CD56, and NSE | EWSR1 rearrangement at 22q12 | Primary | Head | 6 | Pancreatoduodecotomy, hepatic resection, VDC × 7 alternating with IE, RAD | 12 mos; NED | [30] |
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| Menon et al. (2006) | 8 | F | Abdominal pain, menstrual bleeding, breast development, and pubic hair | CD99 | N/A | Primary | Body | 10 × 6 × 10 | Cholecystectomy, doxorubicin, and RAD | CR postop, 19; death 2/2 to heart failure | [31] |
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| Schutte et al. (2006) | 2 | F | Vaginal bleeding, breast development, and pubic hair | Synaptophysin, CD99, chromogranin A, S-100, VIM, estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, inhibin, and epithelial membrane antigen | N/A | Primary | Body | 6 × 4 | Distal pancreatectomy, vincristine, adriamycin, and cyclophosphamide (VDC) alternating with cisplatin and etoposide | 12 mos; NED | [32] |
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| Welsch et al. (2006) | 33 | M | Abdominal pain and vomiting | CD99, VIM, NSE, cytokeratin, EMA, synaptophysin, CD56, and CD117 | Translocation involving EWS gene at 22q12 | Primary | Body and tail | 18 × 18 × 16 | Partial gastric resection, left pancreatic resection, splenectomy, VIDE × 6, VAI × 1, and AST | 1 mo; metastases to the liver, 12 mos, NED | [33] |
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| Perek et al. (2003) | 31 | M | RUQ pain | CD99, VIM, Leu 7, and synaptophysin | Primary | Head and body | 10 × 12 | Whipple, AI × 6, ifosphamide × 6, doxorubicin, and docetaxel | 4 mos; local recurrence, 24/36 mos; metastasis to the right lung, 50 mos; DOD | [34] | |
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| Takeuchi et al. (2003) | 10 | F | Upper abdominal pain | N/A | N/A | N/A | Body | N/A | CHE and AST | 3 mos; DOD | [35] |
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| Gemechu et al. (2002) | 17 | M | Abdominal swelling | Synaptophysin and chromogranin | Primary | Body | N/A | N/A | 36 mos; AWD | [36] | |
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| Movahedi-Lankarani et al. (2002) | 17 | M | Abdominal pain and jaundice | CD99, cytokeratin AE1/AE3, and NSE | t(11;22) (q24; q12) | Primary | Head | 9.0 | Whipple and CHE | 33 mos; NED | [37] |
| 20 | M | Abdominal pain and jaundice | CD99, cytokeratin AE1/AE3, NSE, and epithelial membrane antigen | t(11;22) (q24; q12) | Primary | Head | 3.5 | Whipple | 27 mos; AWD | [37] | |
| 25 | F | Abdominal pain | CD99 and cytokeratin AE1/AE3 | N/A | Primary | Head | N/A | N/A | [37] | ||
| 21 | F | Abdominal pain | CD99, cytokeratin AE1/AE3, NSE, chromogranin, synaptophysin, and epithelial membrane antigen | t(11;22) (q24; q12) | Primary | Head | N/A | Whipple | Death due to OR complication | [37] | |
| 25 | F | Abdominal pain and jaundice | CD99 and NSE | Primary | Head | 8.0 | N/A | [37] | |||
| 13 | M | Abdominal pain | CD99 and NSE | N/A | Primary | Head | 6.0 | VDC | 43 mos; NED | [37] | |
| 6 | M | Abdominal pain and jaundice | CD99, cytokeratin AE1/AE3, NSE, and synaptophysin | t(11;22) (q24; q12) | Primary | Head | 3.5 | Whipple and VDC | 48 mos; recurrence, DOD | [37] | |
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| O'Sullivan et al. (2001) | 20 | M | None | CD99, VIM cytokeratin, and membrane antigen | EWS-7 to Fli1-5 | Primary | Head | 3.5 | Pancreatoduodenectomy, CHE, and RAD | Metastasis to the lungs at 30 mos, AWD | [38] |
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| Bulchmann et al. (2000) | 6 | F | Paleness, dizziness, and fatigue | CD99, pancytokeratin, NSE, gamma-enolase and squamoid corpuscles, and S-100 | Loss of cosmids F7 and E4 distal EWSR1 breakpoint | Primary | Head | 4.0 × 5.4 × 3.0 | Whipple and colon segmentectomy (refused CHE) | 6 mos; recurrence, DOD | [39] |
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| Luttges et al. (1997) | 13 | F | Dyspepsia and exophthalmos | CD99 and NSE | N/A | Body and tail | 22 × 8 × 10 | Whipple and CHE | 2 mos; AWD | [40] | |
| 31 | M | Upper abdominal pain | CD99, NSE, and vimentin | N/A | Body | N/A | CHE and resection | N/A | [40] | ||
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| Danner et al. (1994) | 17 | M | Upper abdominal pain | Cytokeratin, NSE, and 12E7 | t(11;12) (q24; q12) | Primary | Head | N/A | Pancreatoduodenectomy, VDC/cisplatin+etoposide, and RAD | 33 mos; AWD | [41] |
AI = adriamycin (doxorubicin)/ifosfamide; IE = ifosphamide and etoposide; VAC = vincristine, adriamycin, and cyclophosphamide; VDC = vincristine, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide; RAD = radiation; VIDE = vincristine, ifosfamide, doxorubicin, and etoposide; VAI = vincristine, actinomycin D and ifosfamide; CR = complete remission; AST = autologous stem transplant; MAID = doxorubicin/dacarvazine/ifosfamide; AWD = alive without disease; DOD = died of disease; DOC = died of complications; AD = alive with disease; NED = no evidence of disease; CHE = chemotherapy (specific agents unknown); NSE = neuronspecific antigen; VIM = vimentin.