Multisegmental diffuse intradural extramedullary ependymoma. An extremely rare case

Neuroradiol J. 2014 Apr;27(2):179-85. doi: 10.15274/NRJ-2014-10018. Epub 2014 Apr 18.

Abstract

Ependymoma has been described typically as an intramedullary tumour derived from ependymal cells with a predominance in women in the fifth decade of life. Pain is the most frequent symptom. Intradural extramedullary presentation is rarely described and almost always as a unique lesion. We describe a 53-year-old man with multi-segmental diffuse intradural extramedullary ependymoma with progressive lower leg hypoesthesia with regular motility. The patient's neurologic condition improved after surgery.

Keywords: ependymoma; intradural extramedullary lesion; intramedullary tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Ependymoma / complications
  • Ependymoma / pathology*
  • Ependymoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hypesthesia / etiology
  • Hypesthesia / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Spinal Cord / pathology*
  • Spinal Cord / surgery
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / complications
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery