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Inflammatory lesion mimicking a metastatic ependymoma.

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Friedman, HS; Tuori, SL; Hatten, HP; Hockenberger, B; Vandersteenhoven, JJ; Oakes, WJ
Published in: Neurosurgery
October 1991

A 2.5-year-old child who had undergone nearly total resection of an infratentorial ependymoma demonstrated a new enhancing lesion on the undersurface of the right cerebellar hemisphere 7 weeks after the initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy. The residual primary tumor demonstrated continued regression during chemotherapy, and magnetic resonance imaging of the spine and cytopathological examination of the cerebrospinal fluid showed no evidence for other sites of metastatic tumor. Because of the unusual anatomic and temporal characteristics of this lesion and despite radiographic criteria highly suspicious for a metastatic lesion, a biopsy was performed, revealing histological evidence of an inflammatory process.

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Published In

Neurosurgery

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ISSN

0148-396X

Publication Date

October 1991

Volume

29

Issue

4

Start / End Page

617 / 620

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell
  • Ependymoma
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms
 

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Friedman, H. S., Tuori, S. L., Hatten, H. P., Hockenberger, B., Vandersteenhoven, J. J., & Oakes, W. J. (1991). Inflammatory lesion mimicking a metastatic ependymoma. Neurosurgery, 29(4), 617–620. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-199110000-00025
Friedman, H. S., S. L. Tuori, H. P. Hatten, B. Hockenberger, J. J. Vandersteenhoven, and W. J. Oakes. “Inflammatory lesion mimicking a metastatic ependymoma.Neurosurgery 29, no. 4 (October 1991): 617–20. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-199110000-00025.
Friedman HS, Tuori SL, Hatten HP, Hockenberger B, Vandersteenhoven JJ, Oakes WJ. Inflammatory lesion mimicking a metastatic ependymoma. Neurosurgery. 1991 Oct;29(4):617–20.
Friedman, H. S., et al. “Inflammatory lesion mimicking a metastatic ependymoma.Neurosurgery, vol. 29, no. 4, Oct. 1991, pp. 617–20. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/00006123-199110000-00025.
Friedman HS, Tuori SL, Hatten HP, Hockenberger B, Vandersteenhoven JJ, Oakes WJ. Inflammatory lesion mimicking a metastatic ependymoma. Neurosurgery. 1991 Oct;29(4):617–620.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neurosurgery

DOI

ISSN

0148-396X

Publication Date

October 1991

Volume

29

Issue

4

Start / End Page

617 / 620

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell
  • Ependymoma
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms