Rare-03. ependymomas arising outside of the central nervous system: a case series

CONCLUSION:Extra CNS ependymomas are very rare tumors that tend to metastasize, even though most cases are histologically classified as low grade ependymomas, suggesting that the tumor biology does not correlate with conventional histologic findings. Future plans include molecular phenotyping to determine if these rare cancers are molecular similar to the recent findings from infratentorial, supratentorial ependymomas or the metabolic profile of classic spinal myxopapillary ependymoma.

Source: Neuro-Oncology - November 6, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yust-Katz, S., Cachia, D., Kamiya-Matsuoka, C., Theeler, B. J., Olar, A., Prado, M. P., Armstrong, T., Gilbert, M. Tags: RARE TUMORS Source Type: research