Disseminated spinal myxopapillary ependymoma in an adult at initial presentation: a case report and review of the literature.
Disseminated spinal myxopapillary ependymoma (MPE) is extremely rare in adults. We report a 63-year-old man with chronic low-back pain found to have multiple MPEs in the thoracic, lumbar and sacral spine. Diagnostic and management strategies of disseminated MPE are discussed with a review of pertinent literature.
Departments of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center , Chicago, IL , USA.
David
D
Straus
Lee A
LA
Tan
Ippei
I
Takagi
John E
JE
O'Toole
D004806:Ependymoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
ependymoma; intradural; intramedullary lesion; intramedullary tumor; myxopapillary ependymoma; spinal