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Pure cortical ependymoma: A rare entity

Ependymomas are mostly infratentorial, intraventricular tumor, accounting for 2–9% of all central nervous system tumors. Supratentorial pure cortical ependymoma are extremely rare tumor with definite ependymal morphology and uncertain histogenesis. They are mostly low grade tumor and are cured with...

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Autores principales: Bijwe, Sanjay, Ansari, Sameer, Jadhav, Vinod, Palande, Deepak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4421963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25972957
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.152111
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Sumario:Ependymomas are mostly infratentorial, intraventricular tumor, accounting for 2–9% of all central nervous system tumors. Supratentorial pure cortical ependymoma are extremely rare tumor with definite ependymal morphology and uncertain histogenesis. They are mostly low grade tumor and are cured with resection, rendering them favorable prognosis. Our case is of 14-year-old female presenting with headache and convulsion of short duration. She underwent gross total excision of the tumor without radiation therapy and her follow-up is uneventful.