2020
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa222.152
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Epen-13. Primary Extradural Sacrococcygeal Subcutaneous Myxopapilar Ependymoma Misdiagnosed as Pilonidal Cyst in a 7 Year-Old Boy: A Case Report

Abstract: BACKGROUND Ependymomas occur in the brain or spinal cord and rarely as an extraspinal variety at the sacrococcygeal region, separated from the spinal cord. This rare presentation is thought to originate from a group of heterotopic ependymal cells called the coccygeal medullary vestige. There are few reports of this occurrence in children. CLINICAL CASE: A 7-year-old male presented with a history of a soft mass arising in the sacrococcygeal area 3 years earlier, diagnosed as pilonidal cyst at … Show more

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