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Middle-aged man with "lumbar spine tumor" (only later after intraoperative frozen section possibility of myxopapillary ependymoma was rendered by myself did neurosurgeon reveal that tumor sat at base of filum terminale).

 

Dx: Myxopapillary ependymoma, WHO grade 1 of 4

 

Figure set 1 are the intraoperative frozen section slides and smears

Figure set 2 are the permanent sections

 

Images courtesy of Ankur Sangoi, M.D. See topic: pathologyoutlines.com/topic/cnstumormyxopapillaryependymoma.html

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Uploaded on August 6, 2015