ependymoma
Sign in to saveAn ependymoma is a tumor that arises from the ependyma, a tissue of the central nervous system. Usually, in pediatric cases the location is intracranial, while in adults it is spinal. The common location of intracranial ependymomas is the floor of the fourth ventricle. Rarely, ependymomas can occur in the pelvic cavity.
Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Ependymoma
- Medical condition.image
- Ependymoma low intermed mag.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Micrograph of an ependymoma. H&E stain.
- Medical condition.field
- Neuro-oncology
- Medical condition.prognosis
- Five-year survival rate: 83.9%
- Medical condition.frequency
- 200 new cases each year in the United States
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Research
8,957 papers- Ependymoma: Evaluation and Management Updates.Current oncology reports · 2022
- Ependymoma.Seminars in neurology · 2018
- Ependymoma.Critical reviews in oncology/hematology · 2007
- [Precision Medicine for Ependymoma].No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery · 2022
- Pediatric ependymoma: biological perspectives.Molecular cancer research : MCR · 2009
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Morphology
- Ependymoma tumors
- Classifications
- Molecular Subtypes
- Treatment
- References
- External links
An ependymoma is a tumor that arises from the ependyma, a tissue of the central nervous system. Usually, in pediatric cases the location is intracranial, while in adults it is spinal. The common location of intracranial ependymomas is the floor of the fourth ventricle. Rarely, ependymomas can occur in the pelvic cavity.
Syringomyelia can be caused by an ependymoma. Ependymomas are also seen with neurofibromatosis type II.
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