Intramedullary papillary ependymoma with choroid plexus differentiation and cerebrospinal fluid dissemination to the brain Case report JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-PEDIATRICS Dulai, M. S., Caccamo, D. V., Briley, A. L., Edwards, M. S., Fisher, P. C., Lehman, N. L. 2010; 5 (5): 511-517

Abstract

This 8-year-old girl presented with a papillary ependymoma in the thoracic spinal cord. Resection was followed by recurrence at the primary site and later in the lumbosacral thecal sac, followed by cerebrospinal fluid dissemination to the brain approximately 5 years after her initial presentation. The tumor showed cytological and immunohistochemical features overlapping those of classic ependymomas and choroid plexus tumors similar to those seen in uncommon supratentorial papillary ependymomas, also known as papillary tumors of the pineal region. The histopathological and clinical courses of this rare spinal papillary ependymoma exhibiting mixed ependymal and choroid plexus-like differentiation are discussed.

View details for DOI 10.3171/2009.12.PEDS09130

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