Pediatric Isolated Cortical (Ectopic) Anaplastic Ependymoma

Ependymomas are tumors derived from ependymal cells lining the ventricles or from the central canal of the spinal cord. It usually arises in the ventricles with extra ventricular extension. Less than 15 cases of purely cortical ependymomas are reported. We report a rare case of purely cortical anapl...

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Autores principales: Kharosekar, Hrushikesh, Bhide, Anuj, Velho, Vernon, Bijwe, Sanjay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492147
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.181133
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author Kharosekar, Hrushikesh
Bhide, Anuj
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Bijwe, Sanjay
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description Ependymomas are tumors derived from ependymal cells lining the ventricles or from the central canal of the spinal cord. It usually arises in the ventricles with extra ventricular extension. Less than 15 cases of purely cortical ependymomas are reported. We report a rare case of purely cortical anaplastic ependymoma in a pediatric patient, which is rarely reported.
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spelling pubmed-58208722018-02-28 Pediatric Isolated Cortical (Ectopic) Anaplastic Ependymoma Kharosekar, Hrushikesh Bhide, Anuj Velho, Vernon Bijwe, Sanjay Asian J Neurosurg Case Report Ependymomas are tumors derived from ependymal cells lining the ventricles or from the central canal of the spinal cord. It usually arises in the ventricles with extra ventricular extension. Less than 15 cases of purely cortical ependymomas are reported. We report a rare case of purely cortical anaplastic ependymoma in a pediatric patient, which is rarely reported. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5820872/ /pubmed/29492147 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.181133 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Asian Journal of Neurosurgery 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Pediatric Isolated Cortical (Ectopic) Anaplastic Ependymoma
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title_short Pediatric Isolated Cortical (Ectopic) Anaplastic Ependymoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492147
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1793-5482.181133
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