Giant-cell ependymoma: Presentation of a case of the sacral region and literature review.
Ultrastruct Pathol
; 41(4): 296-300, 2017.
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| ID: mdl-28609138
Ependymoma is a rare central nervous system neoplasm with an even rarer morphologic variant called giant-cell ependymoma (GCE). GCE has a characteristic discrepant, malignant-like morphology but indolent behavior. We present the case of a 21-year-old female with an extra-axial GCE located in the sacral region. To date, 16 cases of sacral GCE have been reported in the literature, with 4 cases in the sacral region; however, all those cases were intra-axial. We present the first case of an extra-axial sacral GCE.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Soft Tissue Neoplasms
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Ependymoma
Type of study:
Systematic_reviews
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Ultrastruct Pathol
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Mexico
Country of publication:
United kingdom