title: [Subcutaneous sacrococcygeal ependymoma].
abstract: The main clinical manifestations and the natural course of subcutaneous ependymoma are reviewed in connection with a sacrococcygeal lesion in a 12 year-old girl. After complete resection, the outcome is usually favorable but the 20% risk of metastasis justifies a close surveillance.
authors.affiliation: Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Service d'hématologie-oncologie, Nice, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thyss
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Michiels
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rostain
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Saint-Paul
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thyss-Puiraymond
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Ependymome sous-cutané sacrococcygien.