Giant Cell Ependymoma of The Filum Terminale: A Case Report

Authors

  • Alireza Rafati Dept. of Neurosurgery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  • Kamran Ghafarzadegan Dept. of Pathology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  • Shirin Taraz Jamshidi Dept. of Pathology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract:

  Ependymomas accounts for about 2%–6% of CNS and 60%–70% of spinal cord tumors. Several histological patterns of these neoplasms are well known, but little attention has been devoted to a variant composed of giant cells. In spite of apparently “worrisome” histology, giant cell ependymoma seems to be a neoplasm with a relatively good prognosis. This report presents a case of giant cell ependymoma of the filum terminale in a 24-year-old woman and highlights the morphological diagnostic criteria for this rare tumor.  

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volume 6  issue 1

pages  32- 35

publication date 2011-01-01

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