Pediatric Myxopapillary Ependymomas: A Clinicopathologic Evaluation. 2021

Kathryn L Eschbacher, and Amulya Nageswara Rao, and Patricia T Greipp, and Troy J Gliem, and David J Daniels, and Deepti Warad, and Laurence J Eckel, and Aditya Raghunathan
Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.

Myxopapillary ependymomas (MPEs) have an indolent clinical course, corresponding to World Health Organization Grade I. A total of 13 pediatric MPEs have been reported in the literature with "anaplastic features," including elevated proliferative activity (≥5 mitoses/10 high-power fields), necrosis, and microvascular proliferation. No consensus exists regarding the prognostic significance of such features. A retrospective clinicopathologic review of pediatric MPEs diagnosed between 1996 and 2018 at Mayo Clinic was performed. Totally, 8 pediatric MPEs (6 male; age: 7.52 to 16.88 y) were identified. Totally, 3 had disseminated disease at presentation. All patients underwent surgical resection (7 gross total; 1 subtotal). Totally, 5 cases harbored ≥5 mitoses/10 high-power fields (range: 5 to 9), 3 of which showed necrosis (2 with disseminated disease). Postsurgery, 2 patients received radiation; one with disseminated disease and another with increased mitotic activity/necrosis; neither has recurred (follow-up: 1.18 and 3.19 y). In all, 2 patients with disseminated disease, elevated mitotic activity, and necrosis had new metastatic disease/progression of nonresected metastatic foci (2.6 and 26.8 mo), received radiation therapy, and remain progression free (3.01 and 9.34 y). All patients are alive (median follow-up 1.31 y, range: 0.66 to 11.75). Among pediatric MPEs, the concurrent presence of elevated mitotic activity and necrosis may be associated with an aggressive clinical course, warranting closer surveillance and consideration of adjuvant therapies.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009336 Necrosis The death of cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury or failure of the blood supply.
D009362 Neoplasm Metastasis The transfer of a neoplasm from one organ or part of the body to another remote from the primary site. Metastase,Metastasis,Metastases, Neoplasm,Metastasis, Neoplasm,Neoplasm Metastases,Metastases
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D004806 Ependymoma Glioma derived from EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS that tend to present as malignant intracranial tumors in children and as benign intraspinal neoplasms in adults. It may arise from any level of the ventricular system or central canal of the spinal cord. Intracranial ependymomas most frequently originate in the FOURTH VENTRICLE and histologically are densely cellular tumors which may contain ependymal tubules and perivascular pseudorosettes. Spinal ependymomas are usually benign papillary or myxopapillary tumors. (From DeVita et al., Principles and Practice of Oncology, 5th ed, p2018; Escourolle et al., Manual of Basic Neuropathology, 2nd ed, pp28-9) Ependymoma, Myxopapillary,Ependymoma, Papillary,Anaplastic Ependymoma,Cellular Ependymoma,Clear Cell Ependymoma,Papillary Ependymoma,Anaplastic Ependymomas,Ependymoma, Anaplastic,Ependymomas,Ependymomas, Anaplastic,Ependymomas, Myxopapillary,Ependymomas, Papillary,Myxopapillary Ependymoma,Myxopapillary Ependymomas,Papillary Ependymomas
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths

Related Publications

Kathryn L Eschbacher, and Amulya Nageswara Rao, and Patricia T Greipp, and Troy J Gliem, and David J Daniels, and Deepti Warad, and Laurence J Eckel, and Aditya Raghunathan
January 2019, Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland),
Kathryn L Eschbacher, and Amulya Nageswara Rao, and Patricia T Greipp, and Troy J Gliem, and David J Daniels, and Deepti Warad, and Laurence J Eckel, and Aditya Raghunathan
May 2014, Journal of neurosurgery. Spine,
Kathryn L Eschbacher, and Amulya Nageswara Rao, and Patricia T Greipp, and Troy J Gliem, and David J Daniels, and Deepti Warad, and Laurence J Eckel, and Aditya Raghunathan
October 2010, Pediatric blood & cancer,
Kathryn L Eschbacher, and Amulya Nageswara Rao, and Patricia T Greipp, and Troy J Gliem, and David J Daniels, and Deepti Warad, and Laurence J Eckel, and Aditya Raghunathan
December 2013, Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM,
Kathryn L Eschbacher, and Amulya Nageswara Rao, and Patricia T Greipp, and Troy J Gliem, and David J Daniels, and Deepti Warad, and Laurence J Eckel, and Aditya Raghunathan
April 1997, Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc,
Kathryn L Eschbacher, and Amulya Nageswara Rao, and Patricia T Greipp, and Troy J Gliem, and David J Daniels, and Deepti Warad, and Laurence J Eckel, and Aditya Raghunathan
August 2015, Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research,
Kathryn L Eschbacher, and Amulya Nageswara Rao, and Patricia T Greipp, and Troy J Gliem, and David J Daniels, and Deepti Warad, and Laurence J Eckel, and Aditya Raghunathan
April 2007, Journal of neurosurgery,
Kathryn L Eschbacher, and Amulya Nageswara Rao, and Patricia T Greipp, and Troy J Gliem, and David J Daniels, and Deepti Warad, and Laurence J Eckel, and Aditya Raghunathan
April 1988, Surgical neurology,
Kathryn L Eschbacher, and Amulya Nageswara Rao, and Patricia T Greipp, and Troy J Gliem, and David J Daniels, and Deepti Warad, and Laurence J Eckel, and Aditya Raghunathan
January 2011, The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques,
Kathryn L Eschbacher, and Amulya Nageswara Rao, and Patricia T Greipp, and Troy J Gliem, and David J Daniels, and Deepti Warad, and Laurence J Eckel, and Aditya Raghunathan
February 2010, Journal of neurosurgery. Spine,
Copied contents to your clipboard!