Primary Ependymoma in the Posterior Mediastinum

• Maeda Sumiko

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Miyagi, Japan

• Takahashi Satomi

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Miyagi, Japan

• Koike Kaoru

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Miyagi, Japan

• Sato Masami

  Department of Thoracic Surgery, Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Miyagi, Japan

抄録

A 46-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of back pain and an abnormality on chest imaging. Chest computed tomography showed a well-delineated tumor in the left paravertebral space. Histological analysis of the resected tumor revealed perivascular pseudorosettes, and immunoreactivity for glial fibrillary acidic protein established the diagnosis of ependymoma. A few cases have been reported in the ovary, broad ligament, sacrococcygeal region, lungs, and mediastinum, but the pathogenesis has not yet been clarified. Female predominance in these tumors and organogenesis of the sites may suggest a key to the pathogenesis.

収録刊行物

• Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

  Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 17 (5), 494-497, 2011

  Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 編集委員会

キーワード

• mediastinal tumor
• ependymoma
• female
• embryology

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390001204728531328
• NII論文ID: 10030235221
• NII書誌ID: AA11035352
• DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.10.01615
• ISSN: 21861005
• ISSN: 13411098
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2012169864
• 本文言語コード: en
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