Fourth ventricular ependymoma with a distant intraventricular metastasis: Report of a rare case

Ependymoma is one of the uncommon tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) in the adult age group. These tumors have a distinct propensity for metastasis, both within and outside the CNS. However, dissemination at the time of first presentation and retrograde dissemination of the tumor is rare. We...

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Autores principales: Ambekar, Sudheer, Ranjan, Manish, Prasad, Chandrajit, Santosh, Vani, Somanna, Sampath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3808041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24174779
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.116444
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author Ambekar, Sudheer
Ranjan, Manish
Prasad, Chandrajit
Santosh, Vani
Somanna, Sampath
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Ranjan, Manish
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description Ependymoma is one of the uncommon tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) in the adult age group. These tumors have a distinct propensity for metastasis, both within and outside the CNS. However, dissemination at the time of first presentation and retrograde dissemination of the tumor is rare. We report the case of a patient with fourth ventricular anaplastic ependymoma who presented with left lateral ventricular metastasis which was anatomically different from the primary tumor. We describe the clinic-pathological detail of the patient and discuss the probable pathophysiological basis for this rare presentation and its significance in management of the patient.
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spelling pubmed-38080412013-10-30 Fourth ventricular ependymoma with a distant intraventricular metastasis: Report of a rare case Ambekar, Sudheer Ranjan, Manish Prasad, Chandrajit Santosh, Vani Somanna, Sampath J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report Ependymoma is one of the uncommon tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) in the adult age group. These tumors have a distinct propensity for metastasis, both within and outside the CNS. However, dissemination at the time of first presentation and retrograde dissemination of the tumor is rare. We report the case of a patient with fourth ventricular anaplastic ependymoma who presented with left lateral ventricular metastasis which was anatomically different from the primary tumor. We describe the clinic-pathological detail of the patient and discuss the probable pathophysiological basis for this rare presentation and its significance in management of the patient. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3808041/ /pubmed/24174779 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.116444 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Santosh, Vani
Somanna, Sampath
Fourth ventricular ependymoma with a distant intraventricular metastasis: Report of a rare case
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title_fullStr Fourth ventricular ependymoma with a distant intraventricular metastasis: Report of a rare case
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title_short Fourth ventricular ependymoma with a distant intraventricular metastasis: Report of a rare case
title_sort fourth ventricular ependymoma with a distant intraventricular metastasis: report of a rare case
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3808041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24174779
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.116444
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