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Vol. 31. Issue 3.
Pages 151-154 (May - June 2012)
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Vol. 31. Issue 3.
Pages 151-154 (May - June 2012)
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Spinal epidural metastasis from Ewing's sarcoma on PET/CT: A case report
Metástasis epidural medular del sarcoma de Ewing por PET/TC: presentación de un caso
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M.M. D'souza
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, R. Sharma, A. Jaimini, M. Tripathi, D. Singh, A. Mondal
Department of PET Imaging, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences Brig, Delhi, India
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Early diagnosis of metastatic spinal disease is important because functional outcome depends on neurologic condition at the time of diagnosis. Epidural metastasis to the spine from Ewing's sarcoma is very uncommon. Despite the fact that epidural involvement has been described in a few cases of primary extraskeletal Ewing's sarcoma, it is considerably rare. Metastatic epidural involvement secondary to Ewing's sarcoma is even rarer. With the rapid increase in the utilization and acceptance of PET/CT imaging in oncological practice, it is playing an ever-increasing role in detecting malignant spread to several unexpected sites. This report is, to the best of our knowledge, the first description of the PET/CT findings of this extremely rare entity.

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Ewing's sarcoma
Spinal epidural metastasis
PET/CT
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El diagnostico precoz de la enfermedad metastásica vertebral es importante, porque la evolución clínica depende de la situación neurológica en el momento del diagnóstico. La metástasis epidural del sarcoma de Ewing en la médula espinal es poco común. A pesar de que se ha descrito en pocos casos de sarcoma de Ewing primario extraesquelético, la afectación epidural es extraordinariamente rara. Incluso es más rara la afectación metastásica epidural secundaria a sarcoma de Ewing. Con el rápido incremento en la utilización y la aceptación de la PET/TC en oncología, la técnica está desempeñando un papel creciente en la detección de metástasis en localizaciones anatómicas inesperadas. A la luz de nuestro conocimiento, este trabajo presenta la primera descripción de los hallazgos de la PET/TC en esta entidad clínica extremadamente rara.

Palabras clave:
Sarcoma de Ewing
Metástasis epidural medular
PET/TC

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