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ANAPLASTIC EPENDYMOMA OF THE SPINAL CORD
Author(s) -
MØRK S. J.,
RISBERG G.,
KROGNESS K.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
neuropathology and applied neurobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.538
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1365-2990
pISSN - 0305-1846
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1980.tb00215.x
Subject(s) - ependymoma , medicine , spinal cord , pathology , psychiatry
Mork S.J., Risberg G. & Krogness K. (1980) Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 6, 307–311 Anaplastic ependymoma of the spinal cord An intraspinal ependymoma with cytological signs of malignancy and unusual further development was diagnosed in a 12‐year‐old boy. Only partial removal was possible and postoperative Co 60 treatment was given. Ascending tumour growth was evident clinically in the spinal canal, and 3 months later signs of intracranial extension of the tumour developed. The patient died 6½ years after the onset. Autopsy showed an anaplastic ependymoma with extensive intraspinal and intracranial growth. No other neoplasms were found. There was extraspinal extension of tumour into the laminectomy scar, but no metastases.