Mahmoud Qutub Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, Cellular Immunology, Cancer Biology, Tumor Microenvironment, Clinical Oncology, Medical Oncology, Cancer Cell Biology
King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mahmoud Qutub has been working in the King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Qutub has specialization in the field of Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, Cellular Immunology, Cancer Biology, Tumor Microenvironment, Clinical Oncology, Medical Oncology, Cancer Cell Biology
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»