Spinal drop metastasis in myxopapillary ependymoma: a case report and a review of treatment options

Spinal drop metastasis in myxopapillary ependymoma: a case report and a review of treatment options

Myxopapillary ependymoma (MPE) is a World Health Organization grade I ependymoma that is quite rare and generally thought to be benign. Possible drop metastasis from MPE has been reported three times in the literature; in each case there were cotemporaneous additional MPE lesions. We report the case...

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Main Authors: James E. Bates, Carl R. III Peterson, Gabrielle A. Yeaney, Kevin A. Walter, Thomas Lundquist, Douglas Rosenzweig, Michael T. Milano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-06-01
Series:Rare Tumors
Subjects:
ependymoma, myxopapillary, drop metastasis, adjuvant radiotherapy
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/rt/article/view/5404

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