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Cervical epidural extra-osseous Ewing sarcoma mimicking an epidural abscess

Authors :
Erjon Agushi
Matthew Bailey
Piyali Pal
Martin G. McCabe
Konstantina Karabatsou
Source :
British journal of neurosurgery. 30(1)
Publication Year :
2016

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.

Details

ISSN :
1360046X
Volume :
30
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
British journal of neurosurgery
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e4bc366b4805b3289246284e9cfea1a8