Wight D G, Holley K J, Finbow J A
J Clin Pathol. 1973 Dec;26(12):929-35. doi: 10.1136/jcp.26.12.929.
A case of metastasizing ependymoma is described, only the second in the British literature. The tumour, which arose in the cauda equina, spread to humerus and pleura over a period of 32 years. It is postulated that, in common with most of the previously reported cases, dissemination was a direct consequence of either surgical intervention or radiotherapy since neither the primary tumour nor its metastases shows any of the conventional morphological criteria of malignancy. The literature of similar cases is briefly reviewed.
本文描述了一例转移性室管膜瘤，这是英国文献中报道的第二例。该肿瘤起源于马尾，在32年的时间里扩散至肱骨和胸膜。据推测，与大多数先前报道的病例一样，肿瘤播散是手术干预或放疗的直接后果，因为原发肿瘤及其转移灶均未表现出任何传统的恶性形态学标准。本文简要回顾了类似病例的文献。
