Girl, 10, who thought back pain was pulled muscle given devastating diagnosis – The Mirror

Cammi Denby, 10, complained of an ache between her shoulder blades to her parents Jemma and Craig in April – before finding herself paralysed just weeks later

Brave youngster Cammi Denby, who is undergoing treatment for ultra-rare cancer, Ewings sarcoma (

Image: Jemma Denby)

A schoolgirl suffering from back pain thought she’d simply pulled a muscle before going on to be diagnosed with one of the world’s rarest forms of cancer.

Cammi Denby, 10, complained of an ache between her shoulder blades to her parents Jemma and Craig in April, the couple assumed she had pulled something whilst swimming with friends at a birthday party the day before.

But with the pain refusing to subside after a few weeks and Cammi’s legs starting to feel weak, the family decided to get her checked over by doctors, reports Hull live.

What was thought to have been a sports injury was in fact a 7cm tumour which had already spread down her spine and legs and into the plural cavity of her lungs.

Within four days, Cammi, from Hull, was paralysed.

Cammi Denby, 10, pictured at Leeds General Infirmary with one of the nurses
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Jemma Denby)

Doctors at Hull Royal Infirmary diagnosed the youngster with Ewing Sarcoma, a soft tissue cancer which is generally considered one of the top five rarest cancers ever seen.

Only 600 people are diagnosed with Ewing’s each year in the UK, and it is so rare that any diagnosed case is likely to be the only one ever seen by a doctor in their lifetime.

“For weeks, we thought it was a muscle injury,” said Cammi’s mum, Jemma.

“Over a space of four days, she was paralysed. The tumour was growing into her spinal cord and into the legs.

Cammi Denby’s cancer went under the radar for weeks as her parents thought her pain had come from pulling a muscle
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Jemma Denby)

“She was diagnosed in June and had her first …….

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