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Summer 2002: Volume 26, Number 4
 
Pediatric Community Dentistry

Pediatric oral lesions: a 15-year review from São Paulo, Brazil
Fabrício Bitu Sousa / Adriana Etges / Luciana Corrêa / Ricardo Alves Mesquita /
Ney Soares de Araújo

Ewing’s Sarcoma (ES) is a malignant tumor, which arises primarily in children. Most commonly
found in the long bones and pelvis, it rarely is found in the bones of the face. This is a report of ES of the mandible in a nine-year-old Caucasian female. Treatment for this malignancy included an incisional biopsy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy protocol to the involved area in accordance with St. Christopher’s Hospital and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The patient is currently diseasefree and has been for approximately five years.
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