title: Sacral myxopapillary ependymoma with extensive osteolysis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Ruchika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rishi
authors.forename: Vaishali
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Suri
authors.forename: Meher C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Aditya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Chitra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sarkar
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009418:S100 Proteins