A rare case of intracranial extra-axial ependymoma

Viscardo Paolo Fabbri; Valentina Papa; Antonio Fioravanti; Monica Messia; Giovanni Tallini; Sofia Asioli; Giovanna Cenacchi

doi:10.1080/01913123.2019.1687632

A rare case of intracranial extra-axial ependymoma

Ultrastruct Pathol. 2019;43(4-5):216-219. doi: 10.1080/01913123.2019.1687632. Epub 2019 Nov 4.

Authors

Viscardo Paolo Fabbri¹, Valentina Papa², Antonio Fioravanti³, Monica Messia⁴, Giovanni Tallini⁵, Sofia Asioli¹, Giovanna Cenacchi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical and Neuromotors Sciences, Anatomic Pathology at Bellaria Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical and Neuromotors Sciences, Anatomic Pathology at S. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ Neurosurgery Department, Maggiore Hospital, Cremona, Italy.
⁴ Neuroradiology Department, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Anatomic Pathology at Maggiore Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 31684796
DOI: 10.1080/01913123.2019.1687632

Abstract

Intracranial extra-axial ependymomas (IEAEs) are extremely uncommon tumors and they could have a wide spectrum of clinical and radiological features. Here we report morphological features of an extra-axial ependymoma (radiology, histology and ultrastructural details) which mimicked the presentation of meningioma.

Keywords: Extra-axial ependymomas; extra-axial glial tumor; extra-axial glioneuronal tumor.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Neoplasms
Ependymoma / pathology*
Female
Humans