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Invasive myxopapillary ependymoma of the lumbar spine: A case report

BACKGROUND: Myxopapillary ependymomas are rare spinal tumours. Although histologically benign, they have a tendency for local recurrence. CASE SUMMARY: We describe a patient suffering from extra- and intradural myxopapillary ependymoma with perisacral spreading. He was treated with subtotal resectio...

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Autores principales: Strojnik, Tadej, Bujas, Tatjana, Velnar, Tomaz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6547326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31183345
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v7.i10.1142
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author Strojnik, Tadej
Bujas, Tatjana
Velnar, Tomaz
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description BACKGROUND: Myxopapillary ependymomas are rare spinal tumours. Although histologically benign, they have a tendency for local recurrence. CASE SUMMARY: We describe a patient suffering from extra- and intradural myxopapillary ependymoma with perisacral spreading. He was treated with subtotal resection and postoperative radiation therapy. After treatment, he experienced slight sphincter disorders and lumboischialgic pain with no motor or sensory disturbances. Eight months later, a tumour regression was documented. The patient is still followed-up regularly. CONCLUSION: Lumbar myxopapillary ependymomas may present with lumbar or radicular pain, similar to more trivial lesions. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the primary modality for diagnosis. The treatment aim is to minimize both tumour and therapy-related morbidity and to involve different treatment modalities.
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spelling pubmed-65473262019-06-10 Invasive myxopapillary ependymoma of the lumbar spine: A case report Strojnik, Tadej Bujas, Tatjana Velnar, Tomaz World J Clin Cases Case Report BACKGROUND: Myxopapillary ependymomas are rare spinal tumours. Although histologically benign, they have a tendency for local recurrence. CASE SUMMARY: We describe a patient suffering from extra- and intradural myxopapillary ependymoma with perisacral spreading. He was treated with subtotal resection and postoperative radiation therapy. After treatment, he experienced slight sphincter disorders and lumboischialgic pain with no motor or sensory disturbances. Eight months later, a tumour regression was documented. The patient is still followed-up regularly. CONCLUSION: Lumbar myxopapillary ependymomas may present with lumbar or radicular pain, similar to more trivial lesions. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the primary modality for diagnosis. The treatment aim is to minimize both tumour and therapy-related morbidity and to involve different treatment modalities. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019-05-26 2019-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6547326/ /pubmed/31183345 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v7.i10.1142 Text en ©The Author(s) 2019. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial.
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Velnar, Tomaz
Invasive myxopapillary ependymoma of the lumbar spine: A case report
title Invasive myxopapillary ependymoma of the lumbar spine: A case report
title_full Invasive myxopapillary ependymoma of the lumbar spine: A case report
title_fullStr Invasive myxopapillary ependymoma of the lumbar spine: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Invasive myxopapillary ependymoma of the lumbar spine: A case report
title_short Invasive myxopapillary ependymoma of the lumbar spine: A case report
title_sort invasive myxopapillary ependymoma of the lumbar spine: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6547326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31183345
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v7.i10.1142
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