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Fourth Ventricle and Brain Stem Ependymal Tumor

MedGen UID:
1373105
•Concept ID:
C4330007
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A finding indicating the presence of an ependymal tumor in the fourth ventricle and the brain stem. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFourth Ventricle and Brain Stem Ependymal Tumor

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Posterior fossa tumours in children and adolescents. A clinicopathological study of 216 cases.
Zakrzewski K, Fiks T, Polis L, Liberski PP
Folia Neuropathol 2003;41(4):251-2. PMID: 14977257
Surgical management of brain stem tumors of childhood and adolescence.
Epstein F, Wisoff JH
Neurosurg Clin N Am 1990 Jan;1(1):111-21. PMID: 2135963

Diagnosis

Ependymoma Presenting as a -Rim-Enhancing Lesion in the Brainstem.
Malbari F, Aldave G, Birchansky SB, Paulino AC, Lopez-Terrada DH, Mohila CA, Zhao S, Chintagumpala M
Pediatr Neurosurg 2021;56(5):455-459. Epub 2021 Jun 18 doi: 10.1159/000516001. PMID: 34148044
Third ventricle, cerebral aqueduct, and fourth ventricle mixed ependymal neurocytoma: a case report and review of the literature.
Campbell JP, Pieper D
Childs Nerv Syst 2013 Jul;29(7):1203-6. Epub 2013 Mar 12 doi: 10.1007/s00381-013-2064-1. PMID: 23479269
Posterior fossa tumours in children and adolescents. A clinicopathological study of 216 cases.
Zakrzewski K, Fiks T, Polis L, Liberski PP
Folia Neuropathol 2003;41(4):251-2. PMID: 14977257
Case of clear cell ependymoma of medulla oblongata: clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study with literature review.
Amatya VJ, Takeshima Y, Kaneko M, Nakano T, Yamaguchi S, Sugiyama K, Kurisu K, Nakazato Y, Inai K
Pathol Int 2003 May;53(5):297-302. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01470.x. PMID: 12713564
Surgical management of brain stem tumors of childhood and adolescence.
Epstein F, Wisoff JH
Neurosurg Clin N Am 1990 Jan;1(1):111-21. PMID: 2135963

Prognosis

Posterior fossa tumours in children and adolescents. A clinicopathological study of 216 cases.
Zakrzewski K, Fiks T, Polis L, Liberski PP
Folia Neuropathol 2003;41(4):251-2. PMID: 14977257

Clinical prediction guides

Neuroendoscopic management of posterior third ventricle ependymoma with intraaqueductal and fourth ventricle extension: a case report and review of the literature.
Prat-Acín R, Evangelista R, Conde R, Ayuso-Sacido A, Galeano I
Childs Nerv Syst 2017 Nov;33(11):2057-2060. Epub 2017 Jul 18 doi: 10.1007/s00381-017-3543-6. PMID: 28721597
Divergent ependymal tumor (ependymoblastoma/anaplastic ependymoma) of the posterior fossa: an uncommon case observed in a child.
Ortiz J, Otero A, Bengoechea O, Gonçalves J, Sousa P, Figols J, Bullón A
J Child Neurol 2008 Sep;23(9):1058-61. doi: 10.1177/0883073808314160. PMID: 18827270
Posterior fossa tumours in children and adolescents. A clinicopathological study of 216 cases.
Zakrzewski K, Fiks T, Polis L, Liberski PP
Folia Neuropathol 2003;41(4):251-2. PMID: 14977257

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