Myxopapillary ependymoma of the lateral ventricle. A study on the mechanism of its stromal myxoid change.
Reported was the first case of myxopapillary ependymoma arising from the right lateral ventricle of a 29-year-old Japanese male. The histological and ultrastructural findings were identical to those from the filum terminale. It was suggested that insudation of plasma proteins found within hyaline-thickened blood vessels in the tumor stroma represented the presence of previous long-standing anoxia and thus, circulatory disturbance would be closely related to the formation of the stromal myxoid change.
D000328:Adult; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron
D001798:Blood Proteins