Intramedullary Ewing sarcoma of the spinal cord: consequences of molecular diagnostics. Case report.

Abstract

Molecular biological techniques have begun to transform modern medicine. These techniques have shown promise in the pathological diagnosis of difficult or uncommon tumors. Accurate molecular diagnosis of the small round-cell tumors, for example, is especially important because divergent therapies may be required to eradicate such disparate lesions as neuroblastoma, lymphoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, central primitive neuroectodermal tumors/medulloblastoma, or Ewing sarcoma (ES). The authors present an unusual case of a primary, extraosseous ES arising from the intramedullary spinal cord, in which molecular studies were required for specific diagnosis and therapeutic guidance.

• Authors: R J Weil, Z Zhuang, S Pack, S Kumar, L Helman, B G Fuller, C L Mackall, E H Oldfield
• Journal: Journal of neurosurgery (J Neurosurg) Vol. 95 Issue 2 Suppl Pg. 270-5 (Oct 2001) ISSN: 0022-3085 [Print] United States
• PMID: 11599852 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Cytogenetic Analysis
• Humans
• Immunohistochemistry
• In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
• Male
• Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Sarcoma, Ewing (diagnosis, pathology, surgery)
• Spinal Cord Neoplasms (diagnosis, pathology, surgery)