Abdullah Almoflihi Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Myxopapillary ependymoma, lesion, Medical Oncology, Computed tomography
Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs-Western Region (WR), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abdullah Almoflihi has been working in the field of Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs-Western Region (WR), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, having research expertise in hte field of Computed tomography Medical Oncology lesion Myxopapillary ependymoma
Case Report Open Access
Author(s): Abdullah Almoflihi*, Mahmoud Qutub, Hatim AlMaghrabi, Alaa Samkri, Rayan Habib, Intisar Alrasheedy and Ghaleb Aboalsamh (Saudi Arabia)
Ependymomas arising outside the central nervous system are rare. We here report a case of a 37 years old male not known to have any chronic medical illnesses apart from the history of recurrent pilonidal sinus that was treated surgically 5 years before his presentation. The patient presented with a painful enlarging sacrococcygeal area mass for 1 year. Imaging studies and tissue biopsy of the mass revealed sacrococcygeal maxilopapillary ependymoma with lung metastasis. Local excision of the primary mass was carried and 2 months after the primary procedure, thoracotomy for the possibility of metastasectomy was aborted due to disseminated. Local recurrence was evident 6 months after the primary procedure. The patient has received adjuvant chemotherapy for a to... view moreĀ»