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12870256

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
The authors report a case of clear cell ependymoma with a lipidized component that developed in the thoracic spinal cord. A 59-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with an itchy pain in the left forearm to the left anterior and lateral chest for the past three years. Neurological findings on admission included dissociated sensory disturbance below the C8 level and increased deep tendon reflex in both lower extremities. An MRI scan of the spinal cord revealed an intramedullary tumor with a longer diameter of 3.5 cm at the T3-T4 level and a distended syrinx at the T2-T3 level. Surgery was performed after T1-T5 laminectomy. The gray, soft and well demarcated tumor was removed subtotally. Light microscopy revealed a portion where clear cells proliferated and a portion where foamy cells proliferated. In some tissue, there were a very few nuclear areas suggestive of a perivascular pseudorosette. Neither nuclear division nor necrosis was observed. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), epithelial membrane antigen (EMA), vimentin, and negative for cytokeratin, synaptophysin. The MIB-1 staining index was 0.25%. Based on these findings, diagnosis of clear cell ependymoma with a lipidized component was made.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0161-6412
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
324-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Clear cell ependymoma with a lipidized component that developed in the thoracic spinal cord.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Higashiosaka City General Hospital, 3-4-5 Nishiiwata-cho, Higashiosaka 578-8588, Japan. y-kim@oph.gr.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't