Subcutaneous sacrococcygeal myxopapillary ependymoma. A case report and review of the literatures.
A case of myxopapillary ependymoma originating in the soft tissue is described. The tumor was located subcutaneously over the coccyx of an 11-year-old girl but was connected neither to the filum terminale nor cauda equina. Clinically, the tumor was locally resected with a diagnosis of pilonidal cyst. Histological and electron microscopic findings were identical to myxopapillary ependymoma. The tumor cells showed a positive reaction by immunoperoxidase method (PAP method) of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP).
D002648:Child; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure