title: Giant gangliocytic paraganglioma of the filum terminale. Case report.
abstract: The clinical and pathological features of a giant cauda equina paraganglioma arising from the intradural filum terminale is described. Scattered mature large neurons characterized the tumor as a gangliocytic paraganglioma. Histologically, these neoplasms have considerable similarity with ependymoma and the diagnosis can be easily missed unless special techniques are employed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Djindjian
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ayache
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brugières
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malapert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baudrimont
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poirier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010235:Paraganglioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000648:ultrastructure