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Cervical epidural extra-osseous Ewing sarcoma mimicking an epidural abscess
- Source :
- British journal of neurosurgery. 30(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We report a case of a 21-year-old woman presenting with quadriplegia which was initially diagnosed with an epidural abscess in view of her MR scan and raised inflammatory marker levels. Histology revealed an epidural extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma (EES). Epidural location of EES is a very rare condition which can be very challenging to diagnose. Early diagnosis and surgical excision followed by chemotherapy represent the main stem of management.
- Subjects :
- Epidural Space
medicine.medical_specialty
Epidural abscess
medicine.medical_treatment
Sarcoma, Ewing
Diagnosis, Differential
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Inflammatory marker
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Chemotherapy
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Magnetic resonance imaging
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Epidural space
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Treatment Outcome
Epidural Abscess
Surgical excision
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Sarcoma
Differential diagnosis
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1360046X
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British journal of neurosurgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e4bc366b4805b3289246284e9cfea1a8