Pure cortical supratentorial extraventricular ependymoma
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Pure cortical supratentorial extraventricular ependymoma.
Majority of ependymomas are infratentorial and intraventricular. Supratentorial and purely cortical extraventricular ependymomas are extremely rare and only five cases were reported. We report a 15-year-old male with left frontal cortical ependymoma. He had gross total excision of the lesion and was not given radioptherapy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology India
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0028-3886
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.55570