Yurt Alaattin, Selçuki Mehmet, Ertürk Ali Rıza, Küpelioğlu Ali, Turan Yahya, Atıcı Muammer
Department of Neurosurgery, İzmir Training and Research Hospital, 123/4 sokak No 13 Kat 2 daire 4 Poligon/İzmir, Turkey.
BMJ Case Rep. 2009;2009. doi: 10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0627. Epub 2009 Mar 6.
Ependymomas are neuroectodermal tumours arising from ependymal cells of the ventricular system, choroid plexus, filum terminale, or central canal of the spinal cord. We report on a 160-mm-long cervicothoracic intramedullary spinal cord ependymoma. The tumour was totally removed; no radiotherapy was used as an adjunctive therapy. Postoperative magnetic resonance imaging confirmed that the tumour had been totally removed.
室管膜瘤是起源于脑室系统、脉络丛、终丝或脊髓中央管室管膜细胞的神经外胚层肿瘤。我们报告一例长160毫米的颈胸段脊髓髓内室管膜瘤。肿瘤被完全切除;未使用放疗作为辅助治疗。术后磁共振成像证实肿瘤已被完全切除。