title: Spinal tanycytic ependymoma with diffusion restriction on MRI.
abstract: Tanycytic ependymoma is a rare spindle-cell variant of ependymoma derived from tanycytes. Primitive neuroectodermal tumors usually have diffusion restriction, whereas ependymomas do not. Here, we present a case of tanycytic ependymoma with diffusion restriction. As far we are aware, this is the first case of tanycytic ependymoma in the English literature with diffusion restriction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ankara Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Mustafa Kemal Mah. Barıs Sitesi. 2091. Sok. No:11 Bilkent, 06800 Ankara, Turkey. drozgurtosun@gmail.com
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tosun
authors.forename: O F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Turkoglu
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Ozmen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Onursever
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arslan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013131:Spine / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein