Unlabelled: Introduction and importance Ewing's sarcoma is an aggressive malignancy primarily affecting skeletal system in children and young adults.
Case Presentation: We report an unusual case of Ewing sarcoma in a 14-year-old boy with clinical and radiological features of rapid onset metachronous skeletal metastasis (within 4 weeks of diagnosis).
Clinical Discussion: Although the deterioration of symptoms was very rapid, it is unusual to note that in the presence of such widespread metastatic disease the lungs per se remained uninvolved.
Minimally invasive techniques have gained popularity in spine surgery in recent years. Extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) is one of these techniques. The rapid increase in the use of this approach in either primary or revision surgeries is related to its several advantages including less operative time, less blood loss and reduced length of hospital stay with fast recovery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Psoas hematoma is an uncommon complication following spinal surgeries. It has been reported in both extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) and posterior spinal fusion with instrumentation. Minimally invasive techniques are gaining popularity in recent years due to the appealing advantages of reduced operative time, blood loss, hospital stay, and faster recovery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Congenital upper limb Amelia is one of the extremely rare conditions in the world. Defined as complete absence of a limb which may present as isolated defect or as a part of syndrome with associated anomalies.
Presentation Of The Case: We report a case of a medically free 6-year-old boy with bilateral upper limb Amelia associated with right thoracolumbar idiopathic Scoliosis.