title: Cervical epidural extra-osseous Ewing sarcoma mimicking an epidural abscess.
abstract: We report a case of a 21-year-old woman presenting with quadriplegia which was initially diagnosed with an epidural abscess in view of her MR scan and raised inflammatory marker levels. Histology revealed an epidural extra-osseous Ewing's sarcoma (EES). Epidural location of EES is a very rare condition which can be very challenging to diagnose. Early diagnosis and surgical excision followed by chemotherapy represent the main stem of management.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust , Greater Manchester , UK.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.affiliation: b School of Cancer and Enabling Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust , Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mccabe
authors.affiliation: c Department of Neuropathology , Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust , Greater Manchester , UK.
authors.forename: Piyali
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust , Greater Manchester , UK.
authors.forename: Erjon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Agushi
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust , Greater Manchester , UK.
authors.forename: Konstantina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karabatsou
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Ewing; epidural; extra-osseous; sarcoma