Clinical Case Reports (Jan 2021)

Intracytoplasmic dot‐like inclusions as cytopathologically useful findings of ependymoma: Case report of adolescent supratentorial anaplastic ependymoma with clear cell morphology

  • Taku Homma,
  • Reina Mizuno,
  • Yu Miyama,
  • Tomonari Suzuki,
  • Eita Uchida,
  • Jun‐ichi Adachi,
  • Masanori Yasuda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3536
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 380 – 385

Abstract

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Abstract Pediatric supratentorial ependymomas often have a clear cell morphology and reveal a RELA fusion. When a clear cell neoplasm is intraoperatively diagnosed, intracytoplasmic dot‐like inclusions by cytology are a useful cytopathological feature of ependymoma.

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