Extramedullary Conus Ependymoma Involving a Lumbar Nerve Root with Filum Terminale Attachment

Purpose In the current report, we describe a case of an extramedullary ependymoma involving a lumbar nerve root near conus medullaris. Spinal ependymomas commonly present as intramedullary tumors in the cervical or thoracic cord or as tumors arising from the conus medullaris or the filum terminale....

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Main Authors: Takashi Moriwaki, Koichi Iwatsuki, Yu-ichiro Ohnishi, Koshi Ninomiya, Toshiki Yoshimine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CCRep.S24719