Ependymoma of the spinal nerve root: case report

Neurosurgery. 1992 Nov;31(5):962-4; discussion 964. doi: 10.1227/00006123-199211000-00024.

Abstract

Ependymomas are the most common intramedullary tumor of the spinal cord. They are most common at the region of the cauda equina, accounting for up to 90% of primary tumors in that area. Extraspinal ependymomas are rare. We describe a case of an ependymoma arising in a spinal peripheral nerve root.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ependymoma / diagnosis*
  • Ependymoma / pathology
  • Ependymoma / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Myelography
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnosis
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / pathology
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / surgery
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / surgery
  • Spinal Nerve Roots* / pathology
  • Spinal Nerve Roots* / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed