[Subcutaneous sacrococcygeal ependymoma].
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.
Thyss
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Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Service d'hématologie-oncologie, Nice, France.
Michiels
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Rostain
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Saint-Paul
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Thyss-Puiraymond
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D002648:Child; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
Ependymome sous-cutané sacrococcygien.