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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2014; 9(02): 99-101
DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.136725
CASE REPORT

Primary Ewing's sarcoma of cervical vertebra: An uncommon presentation

Sonia Chhabra
Department of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma P.G.I.M.S, Rohtak, Haryana
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Sunita Singh
Department of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma P.G.I.M.S, Rohtak, Haryana
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Divya Sethi
Department of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma P.G.I.M.S, Rohtak, Haryana
,
Qury Mahapatra
Department of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma P.G.I.M.S, Rohtak, Haryana
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Ewing's sarcoma is a malignant primary bone tumor primarily seen in the long bones. Primary Ewing's sarcoma of the cranium is quite uncommon occurring in 1% of the cases. We report the occurrence of this rare lesion in a 24-year-old male presenting with progressively increasing swelling in left mastoid region mimicking a mastoid abscess which was later diagnosed on Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) as a small round cell tumor as Ewing's sarcoma. Contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) revealed a typical moth eaten appearance in the first and second cervical vertebra.

Key-words:

Ewing's sarcoma - primary cervical vertebra tumor - tumor of atlas vertebra


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22 September 2022

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