Ependymoma diagnosis and treatment progress

Ependymoma originated from the ventricular surface of ependymal epithelium cells are neuroepithelial tumors, 90% in the brain, and most of them are located in the posterior fossa, especially in the bottom wall of the fourth ventricle, 10% in spinal cord. Slightly more men than women, the annual incidence rate of about 2/100 million. Because the disease is relatively rare, almost no randomized controlled clinical study, coupled with lesions involving intracranial and spinal cord, and general guidance and principle of treatment often fails to distinguish between, just general statements, failed to form a diagnosis and treatment principles of a system. This paper summarized the clinical features, diagnosis, classification, treatment methods are reviewed, a guide to clinical.