title: Primary Ewing's sarcoma of cervical vertebra: An uncommon presentation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma P.G.I.M.S, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chhabra
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma P.G.I.M.S, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Sunita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma P.G.I.M.S, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Pt. B.D. Sharma P.G.I.M.S, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Qury Sabita
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
keywords: Ewing's sarcoma; primary cervical vertebra tumor; tumor of atlas vertebra