Ependymomas are rare tumors of the central nervous system that most often occur at the cauda equina. These tumors seldom metastasize. A 35 year-old man, nine years after the resection of an ependymoma of the coccygeal region developed pleuritic pain, dyspnea, cough and night sudoresis. Lung X-ray revealed pleural congestion and metastic nodes in both lungs. Histopathological and immunohistochemical examinations of the tissue obtained through open pulmonary biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of a pendymoma, chemotherapy was administered and after 43 months of follow up the patient's evolution has been good.
Ependymoma; Lung neoplasms; Neoplasm metastasis
