SUBCUTANEOUS SACROCOCCYGEAL MYXOPAPILLARY EPENDYMOMA

Authors
ILHAN I BERBEROGLU S KUTLUAY L MADEN HA
Citation
I. Ilhan et al., SUBCUTANEOUS SACROCOCCYGEAL MYXOPAPILLARY EPENDYMOMA, Medical and pediatric oncology, 30(2), 1998, pp. 81-84
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,Pediatrics
Journal title
Medical and pediatric oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00981532
Volume
30
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
81 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-1532(1998)30:2<81:SSME>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report an 8-year-old boy with a primary subcutaneous sacrococcygeal ependymoma, a rare tumor that is thought to arise in embryologic rest s. The lesion was completely removed in our patient, who has been foll owed without recurrence for 20 months. Our experience, together with t hat of the other 15 cases in the world literature, supports surgical e xcision as the mainstay of treatment. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.