A case report of rare sacrococcygeal subcutaneous myxopapillary ependymoma in young Asian boy with clinical diagnosis of lipoma

Autor:	Afra Samad, Arbaz Samad, Namra Mahmood
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Myxopapillary ependymoma medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Clinical diagnosis medicine Radiology Lipoma medicine.disease business
Zdroj:	The Professional Medical Journal. 26:1382-1385
ISSN:	2071-7733 1024-8919
DOI:	10.29309/tpmj/2019.26.08.780
Popis:	Myxopapillary ependymoma is a type of glioma and arising from supportive tissue of brain and spinal cord. It grows slowly.1 The subcutaneous myxopapillary ependymoma is quite rare tumour and mostly develop in children and adolescents.2 Several cases of ependymoma are reported in literature with only one case is reported in Asian population. We are reporting a case of 23 years old male having swelling below sacral region and diagnosed clinically as lipoma. The swelling was excised and diagnosed as subcutaneous myxopapillary ependymoma histologically.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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