Myxopapillary ependymoma of the cauda equina with extension to the skin of the sacrococcygeal region.
Cutaneous involvement by myxopapillary ependymoma of the cauda equina is described clinically and morphologically. The patient, a young woman, was 12 years old at the time that the neoplasm was diagnosed. Skin involvement developed 12 1/2 years following the initial diagnosis of the primary neoplasm and after the third attempt at surgical extirpation. Involvement of the skin preceded the death of the patient by 11 months.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*