Title: FLI-1 Positive Ewing's sarcoma with partial collapse of 6th dorsal vertebra in a girl aged 13 years: A case report
Authors: Supriya Mehrotra, Bandana Mehrotra, Sanjay Mehrotra, Ashok Kumar Kapoor, Hari Shyam
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v11i12.25
Abstract
A female patient, aged 13 years had pain in back with paraplegia. Radiological examination revealed partial collapse of 6th dorsal vertebra. Tissue pieces were collected from diseased vertebra and examined histopathologically. The patient was finally diagnosed as a case of Ewing's sarcoma of a vertebra.
Keywords: Malignant bone tumor, immature neuroectodermal cells, dorsal vertebra.
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