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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2007; 05(03): 251-254
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557395
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Primary Ewing sarcoma of the vertebral column: Case report and literature review

Authors

  • Mohamed Lmejjati

    a   Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mohammed VI Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco

  • Hicham El Attar

    b   Department of Anatomic Pathology, University Hospital Mohammed VI Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco

  • Fouad Layadi

    a   Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mohammed VI Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco

  • Badia Belaabidia

    b   Department of Anatomic Pathology, University Hospital Mohammed VI Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco

  • Said Ait Ben Ali

    a   Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mohammed VI Marrakesh, Marrakesh, Morocco

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06 June 2006

30 November 2006

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30 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

We describe a rare case of the spinal cord compression by a primary Ewing sarcoma of the thoracolumbar spine. A 16-year-old boy was admitted with back pain for 2 month and inability to walk for 15 days. At the presentation, he had paraparesis and bilateral hypoesthesia below the T12 level, without sphincter dysfunction. Thoracolumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging showed an involved vertebral body mass of the L1 extending in the epidural space with an extension into the prevertebral area. The mass was totally removed by the anterolateral approach. Histopathological examination revealed Ewing sarcoma. Although his infrequency, such a primary Ewing sarcoma of the vertebral column should be suspected for lesion causing a spinal cord compression particularly in the children and adolescent that the treatment protocol included a three main modalities: surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Keywords

Vertebra - Ewing sarcoma - imaging - surgery