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KMID : 1189320140080060846
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Asian Spine Journal
2014 Volume.8 No. 6 p.846 ~ p.851
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Myxopapillary Ependymoma of the Cauda Equina in a 5-Year-Old Boy
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Uehara Masashi
Takahashi Jun
Mukaiyama Keijiro
Kuraishi Shugo
Shimizu Masayuki
Ikegami Shota
Futatsugi Toshimasa
Sano Kenji
Hongo Kazuhiro
Kato Hiroyuki
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Abstract
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Myxopapillary ependymoma in childhood typically occurs in the central nervous system. There are few surgical cases of myxopapillary ependymoma of the cauda equina in children. We report a case of myxopapillary ependymoma of the cauda equina in a 5-year-old boy, who presented with leg pain and abnormal gait. Subtotal resection surgery was performed. Following the subtotal tumor resection, follow-up magnetic resonance imaging evaluation showed a recurrent tumor. As a result, we performed a second subtotal tumor resection and followed with postoperative radiation therapy. No further evidence of the disease has been noted elsewhere in the patient in over ten years of follow-up. Myxopapillary ependymoma of the cauda equina in a young boy was improved by subtotal tumor resection and postoperative radiation therapy.
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KEYWORD
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Myxopapillary ependymoma, Child, Radiation therapy, Cauda equina
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