Sacral myxopapillary ependymoma with extensive osteolysis.
Myxopapillary ependymoma rarely presents as a primary intra-sacral lesion and extensive bony destruction is unusual. Radiological features do not help in distinction from other commoner sacral tumors, like chordoma. Hence, histopathology serves as the best diagnostic modality for this differentiation. We report the case of a 42-year-old man with a primary intra-sacral myxopapillary ependymoma causing extensive osteolysis.
Gupta
Ruchika
R
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
Rishi
Arvind
A
Suri
Vaishali
V
Sharma
Meher C
MC
Gupta
Aditya
A
Garg
Ajay
A
Sarkar
Chitra
C
D000328:Adult; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012447:Sacrum / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism
D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009418:S100 Proteins