| Literature DB >> 17952371 |
Ruchika Gupta1, Arvind Rishi, Vaishali Suri, Meher C Sharma, Aditya Gupta, Ajay Garg, Chitra Sarkar.
Abstract
Myxopapillary ependymoma rarely presents as a primary intra-sacral lesion and extensive bony destruction is unusual. Radiological features do not help in distinction from other commoner sacral tumors, like chordoma. Hence, histopathology serves as the best diagnostic modality for this differentiation. We report the case of a 42-year-old man with a primary intra-sacral myxopapillary ependymoma causing extensive osteolysis.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17952371 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-007-9482-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurooncol ISSN: 0167-594X Impact factor: 4.130