Ependymoma Containing Cartilage: A case report.
- Author:
Eun Kyung HONG
;
Jung Dal LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Child;
Male;
Female;
Humans
- From:Korean Journal of Pathology
1990;24(1):77-81
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The presence of cartilage in a glial tumor is exceptional. It frequently occurs in ependymoma of midline location in young child nuder 5 years of age. The mechanism of cartilage and bone formation in ependymoma is thought to be either metaplastic transformation from mesenchymal tissue or direct transformation from the neoplastic glial cells. A case of ependymoma containing cartilage and bone is reported. The patient is a 4 year-old girl, having calcified mass in the 4the ventricle and cerebellar vermis. The pathogenesis of cartilage formation in this ependymoma is more likely to support the mataplastic theory.
