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- Title
Recurring pediatric anaplastic ependymoma with rare peritoneal carcinomatosis: a case report and hypothesis of mechanism.
- Authors
Siada, Ruby G.; Lu, Victor M.; Schwartz, Jonathan; Daniels, David J.
- Abstract
Background: Although recurrent anaplastic ependymoma in pediatric patients is not uncommon, recurrent disease leading to widespread metastases to the peritoneum is extremely rare. Case Report: We present a case of an 18-month old male who initially presented with posterior fossa anaplastic ependymoma, who then proceeded to present 1 year later with spinal recurrence, and then 2 years after that with widespread disease involving the intracranial ventricular system and peritoneum. Conclusion: We posit that surgical interventions to treat primary and recurrent presentations in combination with a conduit to the peritoneum via a ventriculoperitoneal shunt contributed to the mechanisms of this complex case.
- Subjects
PERITONEAL cancer; EPENDYMOMA; CEREBROSPINAL fluid shunts; CHILD patients; PERITONEUM; HYPOTHESIS
- Publication
Child's Nervous System, 2021, Vol 37, Issue 3, p1021
- ISSN
0256-7040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00381-020-04814-0