Subcutaneous sacrococcygeal myxopapillary ependymoma

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1999 Feb;20(2):344-6.

Abstract

We report a case of myxopapillary ependymoma presenting as a primary tumor of the subcutaneous tissue in the sacrococcygeal region. The mass was large, well-encapsulated, lobulated, and multiseptated, with varying signal intensity on T1- and T2-weighted MR images caused by hemorrhagic necrosis, blood degradation products, and calcification. Only a small viable portion enhanced after administration of contrast material. Multiple lobules formed from fibrous septa and dystrophic calcification also characterize this tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Glioma / diagnosis*
  • Glioma / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Sacrococcygeal Region*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology