Aggressive Focal Therapy

In this interesting case of a 13-month-old girl with anaplastic ependymoma, the potential complicating finding of a new spinal mass may affect prognosis and current treatment paradigm.1 It is important to note that the appropriate workup was performed at the time of diagnosis and reviewed by the treating team; workup did not reveal any distant disease. However, with its high proliferative rate and tendency to disseminate into the cerebrospinal fluid, suspicious findings in the surgically unexplored neuro-axis, most commonly in the lumbosacral spine, are not uncommon in anaplastic disease.

Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - February 1, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Rahul R. Parikh Tags: Gray Zone Source Type: research