Intracranial retrograde dissemination in filum terminale myxopapillary ependymomas
- 20 December 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Acta Neurochirurgica
- Vol. 148 (3), 343-346
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-005-0693-1
Abstract
Myxopapillary ependymomas (ME) are considered benign tumours (WHO grade I) of the central nervous system with long term survival rates and a tendency to local recurrence. However an aggressive course has occasionally been described, leading to CSF dissemination and even systemic metastases. We describe the case of a 23-year-old man diagnosed with intracranial subarachnoid dissemination of a filum terminale ME three years after the initial diagnosis. We have performed a careful review of the literature on CSF dissemination in ME and finally propose treatment of these cases.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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