Perianal ependymoma presenting in the neonatal period.
Extraspinal ependymomas are a rare type of glioma that may arise in the sacrococcygeal region, presenting as a pelvic mass in an infant or child. Ependymoma presenting in the newborn period has not been described previously. Herein we describe a case of a newborn boy who presented with a perianal ependymoma, which was subsequently found to have presacral extension. The major diagnostic challenge this case presented was to rule out the alternative diagnosis of sacrococcygeal teratoma or a developmental malformation/heterotopia.
Webber
E M
EM
Department of Surgery, I.W.K.-Grace Health Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Fraser
R B
RB
Resch
L
L
Giacomantonio
M
M
D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region