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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Orozco, Ludwig D
• Tiel, Robert L

Titel

Exophytic ependymoma of the thoracic spine

Ist Teil von

• Journal of clinical neuroscience, 2011-09, Vol.18 (9), p.1262-1264

Ort / Verlag

Scotland: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract Exophytic ependymomas of the spinal cord are very rare outside the filum or conus region. We present a patient with a thoracic spinal cord intradural extramedullary and intramedullary, World Health Organization grade II ependymoma. Gross total resection of the extramedullary component with subtotal resection of the intramedullary tumor was achieved, since there was no clear distinction between cord and tumor. The patient received postoperative external beam radiotherapy for residual tumor, and at a 2-year follow-up he is ambulatory without evidence of tumor recurrence.