A case of a widely metastasing malignant ependymoma in a 35-year-old man is reported. The first and most impressive clinical feature was a massive subarachnoid bleed with rapidly developing spinal cord compression due to widespread metastases over the cord and the cauda equina. The cerebral ependymoma was finally shown on a CT scan. Subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by malignant spinal deposits seems to be exceedingly rare. Finally, some problems of classification concerning the malignant forms of ependymoma are discussed.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to widely metastatising malignant ependymoma / Papo, I.; Balint, K.; Slovik, F.; Scarpelli, Marina; Ranaldi, R.. - In: NEUROCHIRURGIA. - ISSN 0028-3819. - STAMPA. - 28:6(1985), pp. 243-245. [10.1055/s-2008-1054210]
Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to widely metastatising malignant ependymoma.
SCARPELLI, Marina;
1985-01-01
Abstract
A case of a widely metastasing malignant ependymoma in a 35-year-old man is reported. The first and most impressive clinical feature was a massive subarachnoid bleed with rapidly developing spinal cord compression due to widespread metastases over the cord and the cauda equina. The cerebral ependymoma was finally shown on a CT scan. Subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by malignant spinal deposits seems to be exceedingly rare. Finally, some problems of classification concerning the malignant forms of ependymoma are discussed.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
