Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to widely metastatising malignant ependymoma.
A case of a widely metastasing malignant ependymoma in a 35-year-old man is reported. The first and most impressive clinical feature was a massive subarachnoid bleed with rapidly developing spinal cord compression due to widespread metastases over the cord and the cauda equina. The cerebral ependymoma was finally shown on a CT scan. Subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by malignant spinal deposits seems to be exceedingly rare. Finally, some problems of classification concerning the malignant forms of ependymoma are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*