PMC3279504_01
MR image shows the well circumscribed mass near the coccyx. The tumor was lobulated with low signal T1-weighted (A) and high signal T2-weighted image (B).
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F1
This tumor was comprised of two ovoid mass and there was no direct invasion to the coccyx (Fig. 1).
Photograph of sectioned gross specimen shows a dark red to brown soft tissue tumor which composed of two ovoid mass.
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F2
It was composed of two ovoid but contiguous masses, the larger 3.0 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, and the smaller 1.2 x1.0 x0.8 cm (Fig. 2).
Photomicrograph demonstrates a columnar cells surrounding vascular cores. (H & E, x 200)
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F3
The histology of the specimens again confirmed a myxopapillary ependymoma (Fig. 3).
MR image taken 2 years after operation shows no local recurrence.
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F4