Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumour and Extraskeletal Ewing’s Sarcoma around the Lumbosacral Spinal Column

CS Wong, YC Chu, KF Tam

Hong Kong J Radiol 2011;14:53-5

We report on a woman who presented with a history of lower limb weakness and numbness for a few months. Based on cross-sectional imaging, at first she was provisionally diagnosed to have an aggressive tumour around the spinal column. Pathologically, the lesion was proved to be a primitive neuroectodermal tumour / Ewing's sarcoma. Herein, we discuss the clinical, radiological, and pathological features of this disease entity.

中文摘要

圍繞腰骼骶脊髓的原始神經外胚層腫瘤及骨外軟組織Ewing's肉瘤

黃鎮昇、朱曉青、譚國輝

一名女子感覺下肢無力及麻木數個月。根據病人的橫斷面顯像，起初診斷為有一個迅速蔓延的腫瘤圍繞著脊髓。此腫瘤病理學證實為原始神經外胚層腫瘤／Ewing's肉瘤。本文討論此病症的臨床、放射影像及病理學的特徵。