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Extra‐axial sacral soft tissue giant cell ependymoma affecting a child: Case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Planas Silvia,
Cruz Ofelia,
Bejarano Miguel,
Albert Asteria,
Rovira Carlota,
Bombi Josep A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neuropathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1789
pISSN - 0919-6544
DOI - 10.1111/neup.12713
Subject(s) - ependymoma , medicine , soft tissue , malignancy , lesion , pathological , sclerotherapy , radiology , pathology , surgery
An otherwise healthy eight‐year‐old girl presented with a mass in the soft tissue of the sacral region. The lesion was diagnosed as a vascular malformation on imaging studies, for which percutaneous sclerotherapy was attempted. The mass continued to grow and a complete resection was performed after four years. The pathological diagnosis was giant cell ependymoma (GCE). GCE is a term used to describe a rare histologic variant of ependymoma characterized by malignancy‐like morphologic phenotype and indolent behavior. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of extra‐axial soft tissue sacral GCE reported in a child.