A cerebral ependymoma with extracranial metastases

Tumori. 1984 Aug 31;70(4):389-92. doi: 10.1177/030089168407000416.

Abstract

A case is presented of a 30-year-old woman with a malignant ependymoma with extracranial metastases involving the cervical lymph nodes. The positive reaction to antibody against glial fibrillary acidic protein confirmed the ependymoma origin of the lymph node metastases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Cell Movement
  • Ependymoma / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Middle Aged