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Primary epidural Ewing's sarcoma presenting as a lumbar disc protrusion. Case report
Journal of Neurosurgery
|July 1, 1979
Summary
Rarest spinal epidural soft tissue sarcomas, similar to Ewing sarcoma, are exceptionally uncommon. This report details a unique case and reviews existing literature on these rare spinal neoplasms.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Neurosurgery
- Pathology
Background:
- Primary neoplasms of the spinal epidural space are rare.
- Soft tissue sarcomas indistinguishable from Ewing sarcoma are among the rarest.
- Previous reports document only 39 such cases, with three in the epidural space.