Anaplastic clear cell ependymoma of the conus medullaris and cauda equina in a 3-year-old child.
Only a minority of ependymomas present in the spinal cord. We report on a child with recurrence of a rare anaplastic clear cell type of ependymoma. This was initially misdiagnosed as a World Health Organization grade I myxopapillary ependymoma because this type of ependymoma occurs more commonly and the magnetic resonance imaging features and location at the conus medullaris were considered characteristic.
Department of Radiology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. hoda.eshraghi@gmail.com
Hoda
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Eshraghi
Savvas
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Andronikou
Norman
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Fisher-Jeffes
Rene
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Truter
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D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*