Outcomes in treatment for primary spinal anaplastic ependymomas: A retrospective series of 20 patients

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-11

  Liu, XiaoDong ^a   Sun, Bing ^a   Xu, QiWu ^a   Che, XiaoMing ^a   Hu, Jie ^a   Gu, ShiXin ^a   Shou, JiaJun ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaplastic ependymoma; Neoplasm; Oncology; Outcomes; Retrospective study; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

SEMUSTINE; TENIPOSIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SPINAL ANAPLASTIC EPENDYMOMA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880049314     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.3.SPINE12183     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Bagley CA, Wilson S, Kothbauer KF, Bookland MJ, Epstein F, Jallo GI: Long term outcomes following surgical resection of myxopapillary ependymomas. Neurosurg Rev 32:321-334, 2009.
2. Balmaceda C: Chemotherapy for intramedullary spinal cord tumors. J Neurooncol 47:293-307, 2000.
3. Boström A, von Lehe M, Hartmann W, Pietsch T, Feuss M, Boström JP, et al: Surgery for spinal cord ependymomas: outcome and prognostic factors. Neurosurgery 68:302-309, 2011.
4. Brotchi J, Fischer G: Spinal cord ependymomas. Neurosurg Focus 4(5):e2, 1998.
5. Cerase A, Venturi C, Oliveri G, De Falco D, Miracco C: Intradural extramedullary spinal anaplastic ependymoma. Case illustration. J Neurosurg Spine 5:476, 2006. (Pubitemid 47325363)
6. Cooper PR, Epstein F: Radical resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors in adults, Recent experience in 29 patients. J Neurosurg 63:492-499, 1985. (Pubitemid 16223664)
7. Di Marco A, Griso C, Pradella R, Campostrini F, Garusi GF: Postoperative management of primary spinal cord ependymomas. Acta Oncol 27:371-375, 1988. (Pubitemid 19007181)
8. Ebner FH, Roser F, Acioly MA, Schoeber W, Tatagiba M: Intramedullary lesions of the conus medullaris: differential diagnosis and surgical management. Neurosurg Rev 32:287- 301, 2009.
9. Ferrante L, Mastronardi L, Celli P, Lunardi P, Acqui M, Fortuna A: Intramedullary spinal cord ependymomas-a study of 45 cases with long-term follow-up. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 119:74-79, 1992. (Pubitemid 23022771)
10. Fine MJ, Kricheff II, Freed D, Epstein FJ: Spinal cord ependymomas: MR imaging features. Radiology 197:655-658, 1995.
11. Fujiyama K, Kishikawa M, Fujii H, Moriyama T, Fuchigami K, Iseki M, et al: Anaplastic ependymoma of the spinal cord in childhood. A case report, Acta Pathol Jpn 40:376-382, 1990. (Pubitemid 20277116)
12. Godfraind C: Classification and controversies in pathology of ependymomas. Childs Nerv Syst 25:1185-1193, 2009.
13. Gomez DR, Missett BT, Wara WM, Lamborn KR, Prados MD, Chang S, et al: High failure rate in spinal ependymomas with long-term follow-up. Neuro Oncol 7:254-259, 2005. (Pubitemid 41079135)
14. Guidetti B, Mercuri S, Vagnozzi R: Long-term results of the surgical treatment of 129 intramedullary spinal gliomas. J Neurosurg 54:323-330, 1981. (Pubitemid 11135939)
15. Halvorsen CM, Kolstad F, Hald J, Johannesen TB, Krossnes BK, Langmoen IA, et al: Long-term outcome after resection of intraspinal ependymomas: report of 86 consecutive cases. Neurosurgery 67:1622-1631, 2010.
16. Hanbali F, Fourney DR, Marmor E, Suki D, Rhines LD, Weinberg JS, et al: Spinal cord ependymoma: radical surgical resection and outcome. Neurosurgery 51:1162-1174, 2002. (Pubitemid 36322702)
17. Ho DM, Hsu CY, Wong TT, Chiang H: A clinicopathologic study of 81 patients with ependymomas and proposal of diagnostic criteria for anaplastic ependymoma. J Neurooncol 54:77-85, 2001. (Pubitemid 33089263)
18. Hoshimaru M, Koyama T, Hashimoto N, Kikuchi H: Results of microsurgical treatment for intramedullary spinal cord ependymomas: analysis of 36 cases. Neurosurgery 44:264- 269, 1999. (Pubitemid 29068169)
19. Isaacson SR: Radiation therapy and the management of intramedullary spinal cord tumors. J Neurooncol 47:231-238, 2000.
20. Kopelson G, Linggood RM, Kleinman GM, Doucette J, Wang CC: Management of intramedullary spinal cord tumors. Radiology 135:473-479, 1980. (Pubitemid 10105928)
21. Kucia EJ, Bambakidis NC, Chang SW, Spetzler RF: Surgical technique and outcomes in the treatment of spinal cord ependymomas, part 1: intramedullary ependymomas. Neurosurgery 68 (1 Suppl Operative):57-63, 2011.
22. Kumar R, Jha S, Krishnani N: Dissemination of intramedullary anaplastic ependymomas. J Pediatr Neurol 3:261-267, 2005. (Pubitemid 44784479)
23. Lee J, Parsa AT, Ames CP, McCormick PC: Clinical management of intramedullary spinal ependymomas in adults. Neurosurg Clin N Am 17:21-27, 2006. (Pubitemid 43163203)
24. Lee TT, Gromelski EB, Green BA: Surgical treatment of spinal ependymoma and post-operative radiotherapy. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 140:309-313, 1998. (Pubitemid 28256537)
25. Lefton DR, Pinto RS, Martin SW: MRI features of intracranial and spinal ependymomas. Pediatr Neurosurg 28:97-105, 1998. (Pubitemid 28346067)
26. Lin YH, Huang CI, Wong TT, Chen MH, Shiau CY, Wang LW, et al: Treatment of spinal cord ependymomas by surgery with or without postoperative radiotherapy. J Neurooncol 71: 205-210, 2005.
27. McCormick PC, Torres R, Post KD, Stein BM: Intramedullary ependymoma of the spinal cord. J Neurosurg 72:523-532, 1990. (Pubitemid 20113676)
28. McLendon RE, Wiestler OD, Kros JM, Korshunov A, Ng HK: Anaplastic ependymoma, in Louis DN, Ohgaki H, Wiestler OD, et al (eds): WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System, ed 4. Lyon: IARC Press, 2007, pp 79-80.
29. Miyazawa N, Hida K, Iwasaki Y, Koyanagi I, Abe H: MRI at 1.5 T of intramedullary ependymoma and classification of pattern of contrast enhancement. Neuroradiology 42:828- 832, 2000.
30. Mørk SJ, Risberg G, Krogness K: Case report, Anaplastic ependymoma of the spinal cord. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 6:307-311, 1980. (Pubitemid 10015394)
31. Ohata K, Takami T, Gotou T, El-Bahy K, Morino M, Maeda M, et al: Surgical outcome of intramedullary spinal cord ependymoma. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 141:341-347, 1999. (Pubitemid 29192182)
32. Peker S, Ozgen S, Ozek MM, Pamir MN: Surgical treatment of intramedullary spinal cord ependymomas: can outcome be predicted by tumor parameters? J Spinal Disord Tech 17: 516-521, 2004.
33. Prayson RA, Cohen ML, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters B: Anaplastic ependymoma, in David EE (ed): Brain Tumors (Con sultant Pathology). New York: Demos Medical Pub, 2010, pp 80-83.
34. Quigley DG, Farooqi N, Pigott TJD, Findlay GFG, Pillay R, Buxton N, et al: Outcome predictors in the management of spinal cord ependymoma. Eur Spine J 16:399-404, 2007. (Pubitemid 46440178)
35. Raco A, Esposito V, Lenzi J, Piccirilli M, Delfini R, Cantore G: Long-term follow-up of intramedullary spinal cord tumors: a series of 202 cases. Neurosurgery 56:972-981, 2005.
36. Schiffer D, Chiò A, Cravioto H, Giordana MT, Migheli A, Soffietti R, et al: Ependymoma: internal correlations among pathological signs: the anaplastic variant. Neurosurgery 29: 206-210, 1991.
37. Schuurmans M, Vanneste JA, Verstegen MJ, Van Furth WR: Spinal extramedullary anaplastic ependymoma with spinal and intracranial metastases. J Neurooncol 79:57-59, 2006. (Pubitemid 44057418)
38. Schwartz TH, McCormick PC: Intramedullary ependymomas: clinical presentation, surgical treatment strategies and prognosis. J Neurooncol 47:211-218, 2000.
39. Shintaku M, Nagata N, Itoh H: Tanycytic ependymoma of the spinal cord with anaplastic cytological features. Brain Tumor Pathol 26:7-10, 2009.
40. Tihan T, Chi JH, McCormick PC, Ames CP, Parsa AT: Pathologic and epidemiologic findings of intramedullary spinal cord tumors. Neurosurg Clin N Am 17:7-11, 2006. (Pubitemid 43163201)
41. Volpp PB, Han K, Kagan AR, Tome M: Outcomes in treatment for intradural spinal cord ependymomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 69:1199-1204, 2007. (Pubitemid 47625851)
42. Wen BC, Hussey DH, Hitchon PW, Schelper RL, Vigliotti AP, Doornbos JF, et al: The role of radiation therapy in the management of ependymomas of the spinal cord. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 20:781-786, 1991.
43. Whitaker SJ, Bessell EM, Ashley SE, Bloom HJG, Bell BA, Brada M: Postoperative radiotherapy in the management of spinal cord ependymoma. J Neurosurg 74:720-728, 1991.
44. Xu Q, Bao W, Mao R: Microsurgery of intramedullary cervical cord tumor. Chin Med J (Engl) 109:756-761, 1996. (Pubitemid 126840511)