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Lumbosacral Spinal Cord Ependymal Tumor

MedGen UID:
1379499
•Concept ID:
C4330593
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A finding indicating the presence of an ependymal tumor in the lumbosacral region of spinal cord. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLumbosacral Spinal Cord Ependymal Tumor

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Ependyma-Lined Canal with Surrounding Neuroglial Tissues in Lumbosacral Lipomatous Malformations: Relationship with Retained Medullary Cord.
Murakami N, Morioka T, Shimogawa T, Mukae N, Inoha S, Sasaguri T, Suzuki SO, Iihara K
Pediatr Neurosurg 2018;53(6):387-394. Epub 2018 Nov 2 doi: 10.1159/000494029. PMID: 30391938
Spinal cord sonography in newborns: anatomy and diseases.
Azzoni R, Gerevini S, Cabitza P
J Pediatr Orthop B 2005 May;14(3):185-8. doi: 10.1097/01202412-200505000-00008. PMID: 15812289
Nuclear grooves in ependymoma. Cytologic study of 21 cases.
Kumar PV
Acta Cytol 1997 Nov-Dec;41(6):1726-31. doi: 10.1159/000333176. PMID: 9390132

Diagnosis

Atypical Imaging of Hemorrhagic Lumbosacral Myxopapillary Ependymoma with Histopathological Correlation: A Case Report.
Albadr F, Albahkali SM, Alahmadi MS, Alsakkaf HM, Al-Habib A, Alkhalidi H, Basalamah AA
Am J Case Rep 2020 Oct 21;21:e925449. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.925449. PMID: 33082304Free PMC Article
Hydromyelia associated with spinal lipoma of the conus: case report.
Faggin R, Drigo P, Denaro L, Sartori S, d'Avella D
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2010 Sep 15;35(20):E1069-71. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ed0b50. PMID: 20802384
Spinal cord sonography in newborns: anatomy and diseases.
Azzoni R, Gerevini S, Cabitza P
J Pediatr Orthop B 2005 May;14(3):185-8. doi: 10.1097/01202412-200505000-00008. PMID: 15812289
Myxopapillary ependymoma with anaplastic features.
Awaya H, Kaneko M, Amatya VJ, Takeshima Y, Oka S, Inai K
Pathol Int 2003 Oct;53(10):700-3. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01546.x. PMID: 14516321
Nuclear grooves in ependymoma. Cytologic study of 21 cases.
Kumar PV
Acta Cytol 1997 Nov-Dec;41(6):1726-31. doi: 10.1159/000333176. PMID: 9390132

Prognosis

Intramedullary papillary ependymoma with choroid plexus differentiation and cerebrospinal fluid dissemination to the brain.
Dulai MS, Caccamo DV, Briley AL, Edwards MS, Fisher PG, Lehman NL
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2010 May;5(5):511-7. doi: 10.3171/2009.12.PEDS09130. PMID: 20433266
Ependymal cyst of the spinal cord: case report.
Wisoff HS, Ghatak NR
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1971 Oct;34(5):546-50. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.34.5.546. PMID: 5122382Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Spinal cord sonography in newborns: anatomy and diseases.
Azzoni R, Gerevini S, Cabitza P
J Pediatr Orthop B 2005 May;14(3):185-8. doi: 10.1097/01202412-200505000-00008. PMID: 15812289
Myxopapillary ependymoma with anaplastic features.
Awaya H, Kaneko M, Amatya VJ, Takeshima Y, Oka S, Inai K
Pathol Int 2003 Oct;53(10):700-3. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01546.x. PMID: 14516321

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