Disseminated spinal myxopapillary ependymoma in an adult at initial presentation: A case report and review of the literature

Abstract

Disseminated spinal myxopapillary ependymoma (MPE) is extremely rare in adults. We report a 63-year-old man with chronic low-back pain found to have multiple MPEs in the thoracic, lumbar and sacral spine. Diagnostic and management strategies of disseminated MPE are discussed with a review of pertinent literature.

Keywords::

• ependymoma
• intradural
• intramedullary lesion
• intramedullary tumor
• myxopapillary ependymoma
• spinal

Acknowledgment

We would like to thank Dr. Matthew Fox for his assistance in the pathology images.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no declarations of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.