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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Corresponding Author
Dr Ashok Kumar Kapoor
RML Mehrotra Pathology Pvt. Ltd. B-171, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow- 226020, Uttar Pradesh, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v11i12.25
