This represents the first reported case of pulmonary metastasis from an extradural ependymoma in a subcutaneous location in the sacrococcygeal region. The nature of the metastasis was documented by tissue culture and ultrastructural exam...
In the past, extraneural metastasis of central nervous system tumors was considered to be a rare event. However, more recently, a considerable body of literature has accumulated so that to date some 282 patients with extraneural metastas...
Gliosarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm of the central nervous system with a propensity for metastasis. There are fewer than 20 reported cases of extracra...
Malignant gliomas account for approximately 60% of all primary brain tumors in adults. Prognosis for these patients has not significantly changed in recent...
Background . Although myxopapillary ependymomas are generally benign with a tendency for slow growth and local recurrence, they are capable of spread withi...
A survey of published cases of extraneural metastases of primary brain tumours in children under the age of 18years revealed 245 cases; 60.7% occurred in b...
We report the case of a suspicious parotid mass in which molecular determination of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of chromosome arms 1p and 19q in combinati...
Medulloblastomas are highly malignant brain tumours, but only rarely produce skeletal metastases. No case of medulloblastoma has been documented to have pr...
Six cases of intraspinal ependymoma metastasizing outside the central nervous system have been reported. This report documents a seventh case. This patient...
