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Washington University Experience | NEOPLASMS (GLIAL) | Ependymoma, myxopapillary | 20A1 Ependymoma, myxopapillary (Case 20) H&E WM
Case 20 History ---- The patient is a 37 year old man with an intradural tumor in L2-3. Operative procedure: Intramedullary tumor excision. ---- 20A1-6 Section of the intradural lesion shows thin walled micropapillary bundles surrounded by a single layer of epithelium that varies from low cuboidal to columnar. The cores of the papillae contain variable amount of a mucinous/myxoid matrix.