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Anaplastic Ependymoma of the Spinal Cord in Childhood A Case Report |
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| Authors: | Kaoru Fujiyarna Masao Kishikawa Hideharu Fuji Tadayoshi Moriyarna Kengo Fuchigami Masachika Iseki Kiyoto Shinkai |
| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, Scientific Data Center for the Atomic Bomb Disaster, Nagasaki.;Department of Pathology, Nagasaki Chuo National Hospital, Omura.;Department of Neurosurgery, Nagasaki Chuo National Hospital, Omura.;First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki.;Department of Hematology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki. |
| Abstract: | We report a 6-year-old girl with anaplastic ependymoma probably originating in the region of the conus medullaris and probably spreading retrogradely to the region of the interventricular foramen (Monro) through the cere-brospinal fluid (CSF). Since ependymoma of the spinal cord rarely occurs in children, and retrograde spreading is extremely rare, the histological features and mechanism of metastasis of the tumor are discussed. |
| Keywords: | Ependymoma Anaplastic ependymoma Spinal cord. Childhood |