Ependymoma constitute 5 % to 7 % of all primary CNS neoplasm. But their prevalence relative to other tumor type varies with patient age and presenting location. Ependymoma constitute approximately 1O % of intracranial neoplasm in pediatric population and up to 30 % of those encountered in children under 3 years of age. In spinal column, ependymoma constitute 60% of glial neoplasm, and opposed...

Abstract Peritoneum is a serosal membrane lining the solid viscera and hollow viscus of abdomen made single layer mesothelial cells. The most common primaries that spread to peritoneum include gastrointestinal, ovarian, colorectal, peritoneal metastases can be seen at some point during disease course in 15 43%, 60 70% 20% patients, respectively. Other malignancies involving such as primary carc...

A 25-year-old boy presented to the emergency room with multiple trauma after a car crash in which the car had collided with a guardrail. The patient had been in the front passenger seat, wearing a seatbelt. At presentation, he was awake and complaining only of back pain. On examination, his vital signs were stable. He had tenderness over the vertebrae and a contusion where the seatbelt had been...