ArticleBMJ case reports2020
Subcutaneous sacrococcygeal myxopapillary ependymoma misdiagnosed as pilonidal disease.
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- Paediatric extra-axial myxopapillary ependymoma: what to expect? Case report and literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Coccygeal tumours unveiled: a retrospective cohort analysis from a tertiary referral centre.The British journal of radiology · 2024Article
- When a dermatopathologist encounters the ultra-rare: A case series of superficial soft tissue/cutaneous myxopapillary ependymomas.Journal of cutaneous pathology · 2024Article
- Extraspinal sacrococcygeal myxopapillary ependymoma in a teenager.Journal of Yeungnam medical science · 2023Article
- Co-occurrence of subcutaneous myxopapillary ependymoma, dermal sinus tract, and filum terminale lipoma: a review of the pathobiology of caudal spinal cord development and spinal cord tethering. Illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2023Article
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- Surgical management of a rare myxopapillary ependymoma of the gluteal region: A case report.Surgical neurology international · 2021Article
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Abstract
Ependymomas are neoplasms which arise from the radial glial cells, which many recent studies have proposed are neural stem cells. Extracranial ependymomas are rare. We present the case report and supporting multimedia of a 37-year-old man who presented with a painless intergluteal swelling which was diagnosed clinically as a pilonidal cyst. However, on excision, he was found to have a subcutaneous sacrococcygeal myxopapillary ependymoma based on histological findings. His management and follow-up are presented and discussed. Given the rare nature of this condition, there is a lack of published guidelines on management and follow-up protocols. Supporting evidence is limited to sporadic case reports. This case highlights the diagnostic challenges and management strategies adopted supported by the best available evidence.
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