Open AccessAnaplastic myxopapillary ependymoma: A case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Hiroshi Kanno,
Yukiko Kanetsuna,
Masamichi Shiaga
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2218-4333
DOI - 10.5306/wjco.v12.i11.1072
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , pathology , immunohistochemistry , ependymoma , filum terminale , vimentin , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging
Myxopapillary ependymoma (MPE) is a pathological grade I tumor that arises in the filum terminale. MPE with anaplastic features is extremely rare, and only 5 cases have shown malignancy at the time of recurrence.