A case report of rare sacrococcygeal subcutaneous myxopapillary ependymoma in young Asian boy with clinical diagnosis of lipoma.

Abstract

Myxopapillary ependymoma is a type of glioma and arising from supportive tissue of brain and spinal cord. It grows slowly.¹ The subcutaneous myxopapillary ependymoma is quite rare tumour and mostly develop in children and adolescents.² Several cases of ependymoma are reported in literature with only one case is reported in Asian population. We are reporting a case of 23 years old male having swelling below sacral region and diagnosed clinically as lipoma. The swelling was excised and diagnosed as subcutaneous myxopapillary ependymoma histologically.