[Intramedullary lipomatous ependymoma: case report]

Ann Pathol. 2005 Jun;25(3):240-3. doi: 10.1016/s0242-6498(05)80116-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A 51 year-old man was admitted to our hospital with poor general health and neurological disturbances with paresthesia, dysuria and defecation disorder. Neuroimaging showed a syringomyelia cyst from C1 to conus medullaris, together with a intramedullar tumoral mass in T6-T7. Histological examination of the surgical specimen led to the diagnosis of lipomatous ependymoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Ependymoma / diagnosis
  • Ependymoma / pathology*
  • Ependymoma / surgery
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / analysis
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrosis
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein