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Fine‐needle aspiration of metastatic sacrococcygeal myxopapillary ependymoma
Author(s) -
Wahl Robert W.
Publication year - 1986
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/dc.2840020321
Subject(s) - medicine , ependymoma , immunoperoxidase , scalp , fine needle aspiration , skull , cytopathology , biopsy , glial fibrillary acidic protein , radiology , pathology , metastasis , cytology , cancer , surgery , immunohistochemistry , antibody , immunology , monoclonal antibody
A 45‐yr‐old white woman with a 24‐yr history of sacrococcygeal myxopapillary ependymoma developed a large metastasis of scalp and skull diagnosed as metastatic ependymoma on fine‐needle aspiration, based on cytologic features, histotogic pattern in cell block fragments, and a positive reaction with the glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoperoxidase study. The fine‐needle study obviated the need for biopsy in this case, for which a surgical approach was considered to be inappropriate due to the extent of the process demonstrated by various imaging techniques. Diagn Cytopathol 1986;2:261–263.