Sacrococcygeal ependymoma: case report and review of the literature. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Ependymomas are uncommon glial cell tumors found within the brain, spinal cord, cauda equina, or filum terminale. Ependymomas originating in the parasacral soft tissues are exceedingly rare. The authors report the case of a 7-year-old boy with a primary ependymoma of the sacrococcygeal area and review the world literature of this tumor at this location.

publication date

  • September 1, 1999

Research

keywords

  • Ependymoma
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0032820834

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0022-3468(99)90020-9

PubMed ID

  • 10507438

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 34

issue

  • 9