Vertebra Plana Caused by Primary Ewing Sarcoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 252-257

  Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J ^a   Currier, Bradford L ^a   Galanis, Evanthia ^a   Grubb, Mark J ^a   Pritchard, Douglas J ^a   Ebersold, Michael J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ewing sarcoma; Spine; Vertebra plana

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EWING SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; BACKACHE; DECOMPRESSION; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; EXCISION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

BACK PAIN; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOMA, EWING'S;

EID: 0036069855     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: 15392465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200206000-00015     Document Type: Article

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