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Gopalakrishnan CV, Shrivastava A, Easwer HV, et al. Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the spine presenting as acute paraplegia. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2012;7(1):64-6doi: 10.4103/1817-1745.97630.
Gopalakrishnan, C. V., Shrivastava, A., Easwer, H. V., & Nair, S. (2012). Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the spine presenting as acute paraplegia. Journal of pediatric neurosciences, 7(1), 64-6. https://doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.97630
Gopalakrishnan, C V, et al. "Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the spine presenting as acute paraplegia." Journal of pediatric neurosciences vol. 7,1 (2012): 64-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.97630
Gopalakrishnan CV, Shrivastava A, Easwer HV, Nair S. Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the spine presenting as acute paraplegia. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2012 Jan;7(1):64-6. doi: 10.4103/1817-1745.97630. PMID: 22837785; PMCID: PMC3401661.
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J Pediatr Neurosci. 2012 Jan;7(1):64-6. doi: 10.4103/1817-1745.97630.

Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the spine presenting as acute paraplegia.

Journal of pediatric neurosciences

C V Gopalakrishnan, Adesh Shrivastava, H V Easwer, Suresh Nair

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India.

PMID: 22837785 PMCID: PMC3401661 DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.97630

Abstract

Ewing's sarcoma is a primary bone malignancy with the highest incidence in the second decade of life. Although it mostly affects the metaphyseal region of long growing bones, involvement of spine is not very uncommon especially the sacrum. Nonsacral spinal Ewing's sarcoma is rarer and often mimics a benign condition before spreading extensively. They present with neurologic deficits due to spinal cord compression, but acute onset paraplegia has not been previously reported. A high index of clinical suspicion can clinch the diagnosis early in the course of the disease. A prompt intervention is required to keep neurological damage to a minimum, and a correct combination of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy is required for better long-term patient outcome. We report a 16-year-old female who presented with acute paraplegia and had an excellent postoperative outcome after radical excision of a D9 Ewing's sarcoma.

Keywords: Ewing's sarcoma; paraplegia; primary spine tumor; spinal cord compression

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