A cerebral ependymoma with extracranial metastases.
A case is presented of a 30-year-old woman with a malignant ependymoma with extracranial metastases involving the cervical lymph nodes. The positive reaction to antibody against glial fibrillary acidic protein confirmed the ependymoma origin of the lymph node metastases.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002465:Cell Movement; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008875:Middle Aged