Paraspinal extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma: a rare clinical entity

Autor: Dinesh Khandelwal, Banshi Lal Kumawat, Deepak Jain, Mihir Acharya, Kunal Nath, Chandramohan Sharma
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Case Reports. 2014:bcr2014205010-bcr2014205010
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-205010
Popis: A 10-year-old boy presented with a 6 -month history of pain in the back (thoracic region), followed by progressive sensory and motor paraparesis with urinary incontinence. MRI of the dorsal spine revealed a well-defined collection in the prevertebral and paravertebral regions extending from D6 vertebral body to D11–D12 intervertebral disc level (figure 1). The mass was hypointense on T1-weighted image, hyperintense on T2-weighted image and showed heterogeneous contrast enhancement. The mass also displaced the thoracic aorta laterally (figure 2). The dorsal vertebral bodies were hyperintense on T2, but there was no destruction of the vertebral bodies and the disc space was also normal, hence ruling out a primary infective process of the spine such as …
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