Diffuse ependymal dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor causing spinal drop metastases: a case report.
Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNETs) arise mostly in the supratentorial cerebral cortex. A very rare case of intraventricular DNET with diffuse ependymal involvement, which causes spinal drop metastasis, is presented.
Department of Radiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju 501-757, Korea.
Seul Kee
SK
Kim
Min Young
MY
Jeong
Tae Young
TY
Jung
Heoung Keun
HK
Kang
Woong
W
Yoon
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D046569:Neuroepithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary*