Malignant behavior of myxopapillary ependymoma. Report of three cases.
From a series of 66 cases of central nervous system ependymomas, three cases of well differentiated ependymoma of the cauda equina are described. These tumors recurred and spread to produce intracranial deposits. No extraneural lesions were found.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary