A case of intramedullary ependymoma in a young dog is reported. A two year old dog was presented with paralysis of the forelimbs. At myelographic examination, an intramedullary pattern, blocking the progression of contrast medium, was observed. At necropsy, a 3 × 2 cm white-greyish mass was found extending from the 3rd to 5th lumbar levels. At cytological and histological examination, the mass ...

Myxopapillary ependymoma (MPE) is a World Health Organization grade I ependymoma that is quite rare and generally thought to be benign. Possible drop metastasis from MPE has been reported three times in the literature; in each case there were cotemporaneous additional MPE lesions. We report the case of a man who had a piecemeal gross total resection of a MPE at L1-L3 followed by adjuvant extern...

Objective: We present a rare case of an intramedullary ependymoma WHO grade 2 presenting with holocord syringomyelia and discuss special features of adequate diagnosis and treatment options. Case presentation: A 79 years old male patient presented with progressive gait ataxia and back pain. Previous operation of lumbar disc herniation and stenosis of the cervical spine did not improve the sympt...

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.

Ependymomas are tumors that typically occur with an age-based site preference, with adults harboring supratentorial and spinal tumors and pediatric tumors being mainly in the posterior fossa. Despite their similar histologic appearance, the prognosis varies significantly by age and tumor location, with a better prognosis in increasing age. The mainstay of treatment remains surgical excision wit...

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 c...

AIM To study the clinical features, imaging findings, treatment methods and results, and prognosis of supratentorial parenchymal ependymomas in children. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fourteen children with supratentorial parenchymal ependymomas were treated by the senior author at Tiantan Hospital between October 2004 and May 2010. The clinical manifestations, neuroimaging findings, treatment methods...