کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4130723 1606531 2006 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Myxopapillary ependymoma of the posterior mediastinum
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی آسیب‌شناسی و فناوری پزشکی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Myxopapillary ependymoma of the posterior mediastinum
چکیده انگلیسی

A left paravertebral mass discovered incidentally on routine examination in a 39-year-old woman is described. Computerized tomography studies revealed a 7 × 6 cm, well circumscribed, noncalcified soft tissue mass with lobular borders abutting the left inferior pulmonary vein and descending aorta. It was not possible to determine the exact anatomic location of the mass based on the imaging studies as both peripheral lung tumors and posterior mediastinal lesions may exhibit the imaging findings described here. At thoracotomy, the mass was seen to be well circumscribed, focally attached to the pleura but without involvement of lung parenchyma, and situated in the left posterior mediastinum. On histological examination, the lesion showed the classical features of myxopapillary ependymoma. Immunohistochemical studies confirmed this impression by demonstrating strong positivity of the tumor cells for S-100 protein, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and CD99 and negative staining with other differentiation markers. A review of the literature with a discussion of the histologic and radiologic differential diagnosis of these lesions is presented.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Annals of Diagnostic Pathology - Volume 10, Issue 5, October 2006, Pages 283–287
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