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Hyalinized and vascularized stromal cores are surrounded by myxoid material and papillary structures.
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CASE BACKGROUND
35 year old male with a lesion at L2-L3.
MYXOPAPILLARY EPENDYMOMA
Ependymomas tend to be intracranial in children and intraspinal in adults. Myxopapillary ependymoma is a special variant of ependymoma that almost exclusively arises in the distal spinal cord (conus medullaris and filum terminale). Whereas classic ependymoma is usually WHO grade II or III, mxyopapillary ependymoma is indolent and low grade (WHO grade I). Back pain is the most common presentation.
RELATED CASES/FURTHER READING
Brain : Ependymoma, Myxopapillary
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