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Fine‐needle aspiration diagnosis of metastatic anaplastic sacrococcygeal ependymoma to the lungs
Author(s) -
Saint Martin Gaston A.,
Aranha Gerard V.,
Castelli Melanie J.,
Gattuso Paolo
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199609)15:3<228::aid-dc10>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , ependymoma , biopsy , fine needle aspiration , pathology , radiology
Ectopic ependymomas are uncommon neoplasms, and most of them occur in the sacrococcygeal area. They usually present as subcutaneous sacral masses. The most common histological subtype is the myxopapillary. We describe a case of anaplastic sacrococcygeal ependymoma metastatic to the lungs diagnosed by fine‐needle aspiration biopsy. Diagn Cytopathol 1996;15:228–230. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.