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Ependymal cells may be found within the coccygeal ligament as well as in heterotopic positions and therefore ependymomas may rarely occur in extra-spinal locations. Although the cauda equina is the most common location, less than 5% of all spinal ependymomas occur extradurally in the sacrococcygeal region.1 We report a case of extraspinal myxopapillary ependymoma arising in the subcutaneous soft tissue posterior to the sacrococcygeal region and review the relevant literature.
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Inceoǧlu, R., Özer, F., Pamir, N. et al. Extraspinal ependymoma presenting as a subcutaneous mass posterior to the sacrococcygeal region. Case report. Spinal Cord 31, 800–802 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1993.123
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