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Cerebellar Ependymal Tumor

MedGen UID:
1373926
•Concept ID:
C4329642
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A finding indicating the presence of an ependymal tumor in the cerebellum. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCerebellar Ependymal Tumor

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Global variation in young adult central nervous system tumor incidence by region, age, and sex from 1988 to 2012.
Sorajja N, Moore KJ, Sample JM, Hubbard AK, Williams LA
Cancer Epidemiol 2022 Jun;78:102151. Epub 2022 Apr 5 doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2022.102151. PMID: 35395483
The spectrum of brain malformations and disruptions in twins.
Park KB, Chapman T, Aldinger KA, Mirzaa GM, Zeiger J, Beck A, Glass IA, Hevner RF, Jansen AC, Marshall DA, Oegema R, Parrini E, Saneto RP, Curry CJ, Hall JG, Guerrini R, Leventer RJ, Dobyns WB
Am J Med Genet A 2021 Sep;185(9):2690-2718. Epub 2020 Nov 18 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61972. PMID: 33205886Free PMC Article
Most common sites on MRI of intracranial neoplastic leptomeningeal disease.
Debnam JM, Mayer RR, Chi TL, Ketonen L, Weinberg JS, Wei W, Groves MD, Guha-Thakurta N
J Clin Neurosci 2017 Nov;45:252-256. Epub 2017 Aug 9 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.07.020. PMID: 28802798
The role of cranial ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of infections of the central nervous system.
de Vries LS, Verboon-Maciolek MA, Cowan FM, Groenendaal F
Early Hum Dev 2006 Dec;82(12):819-25. Epub 2006 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.09.006. PMID: 17059873
Pathologic analysis of primary brain tumors.
McComb RD, Burger PC
Neurol Clin 1985 Nov;3(4):711-28. PMID: 3001488

Diagnosis

Global variation in young adult central nervous system tumor incidence by region, age, and sex from 1988 to 2012.
Sorajja N, Moore KJ, Sample JM, Hubbard AK, Williams LA
Cancer Epidemiol 2022 Jun;78:102151. Epub 2022 Apr 5 doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2022.102151. PMID: 35395483
Cerebellar ependymoma with overlapping features of clear-cell and tanycytic variants mimicking hemangioblastoma: a case report and literature review.
Zhang XP, Liu Y, Zhang D, Zheng Q, Wang C, Wang L, Li QC, Qiu XS, Wang EH
Diagn Pathol 2017 Mar 20;12(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13000-017-0619-2. PMID: 28320419Free PMC Article
Evaluation of PAX8 Expression in Brain Tissue and Related Neoplasms.
Khanlou N, Shintaku P, Yi J, Moatamed NA
Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2016 Mar;24(3):207-9. doi: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000192. PMID: 26371431
The role of cranial ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of infections of the central nervous system.
de Vries LS, Verboon-Maciolek MA, Cowan FM, Groenendaal F
Early Hum Dev 2006 Dec;82(12):819-25. Epub 2006 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.09.006. PMID: 17059873
Pathologic analysis of primary brain tumors.
McComb RD, Burger PC
Neurol Clin 1985 Nov;3(4):711-28. PMID: 3001488

Therapy

Patterns of enrollment of infants with central nervous system tumours on cooperative group studies: a report from the Canadian Pediatric Brain Tumour Consortium.
Johnston DL, Keene D, Bartels U, Carret AS, Crooks B, Eisenstat D, Fryer C, Lafay-Cousin L, Larouche V, Moghrabi A, Wilson B, Zelcer S, Silva M, Brossard J, Bouffet E
J Neurooncol 2010 Sep;99(2):243-9. Epub 2010 Feb 5 doi: 10.1007/s11060-010-0123-y. PMID: 20135195
Papillary tumor of the spinal cord: report of 2 cases.
Mobley B, Kalani MY, Harsh GR 4th, Edwards MS, Vogel H
Am J Surg Pathol 2009 Aug;33(8):1191-7. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31819c45ca. PMID: 19417584
Multifocal pilocytic astrocytomas with ependymal differentiation in the bilateral medial temporal lobes: case report.
Maruyama K, Morita A, Shibahara J, Nakazato Y, Kirino T
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2005 Aug;45(8):411-4. doi: 10.2176/nmc.45.411. PMID: 16127260

Prognosis

Global variation in young adult central nervous system tumor incidence by region, age, and sex from 1988 to 2012.
Sorajja N, Moore KJ, Sample JM, Hubbard AK, Williams LA
Cancer Epidemiol 2022 Jun;78:102151. Epub 2022 Apr 5 doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2022.102151. PMID: 35395483
MRI Characteristics of Primary Tumors and Metastatic Lesions in Molecular Subgroups of Pediatric Medulloblastoma: A Single-Center Study.
Mata-Mbemba D, Zapotocky M, Laughlin S, Taylor MD, Ramaswamy V, Raybaud C
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018 May;39(5):949-955. Epub 2018 Mar 15 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5578. PMID: 29545246Free PMC Article
Cerebellar ependymoma with overlapping features of clear-cell and tanycytic variants mimicking hemangioblastoma: a case report and literature review.
Zhang XP, Liu Y, Zhang D, Zheng Q, Wang C, Wang L, Li QC, Qiu XS, Wang EH
Diagn Pathol 2017 Mar 20;12(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13000-017-0619-2. PMID: 28320419Free PMC Article
Biological aspects of brain tumors in infancy and childhood.
Giuffrè R
Childs Nerv Syst 1989 Apr;5(2):55-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00571110. PMID: 2660986
Pathologic analysis of primary brain tumors.
McComb RD, Burger PC
Neurol Clin 1985 Nov;3(4):711-28. PMID: 3001488

Clinical prediction guides

Systemic metastases from central nervous system ependymoma: case report and review of the literature.
Marsecano C, Bruno F, Michelini G, Perri M, Calvisi G, Di Cesare E, Splendiani A
Neuroradiol J 2017 Jun;30(3):274-280. Epub 2017 Jan 1 doi: 10.1177/1971400916689371. PMID: 28627990Free PMC Article
Cerebellar ependymoma with overlapping features of clear-cell and tanycytic variants mimicking hemangioblastoma: a case report and literature review.
Zhang XP, Liu Y, Zhang D, Zheng Q, Wang C, Wang L, Li QC, Qiu XS, Wang EH
Diagn Pathol 2017 Mar 20;12(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s13000-017-0619-2. PMID: 28320419Free PMC Article
Benign cysts in the central nervous system: neuropathological observations of the cyst walls.
Hirano A, Hirano M
Neuropathology 2004 Mar;24(1):1-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2003.00526.x. PMID: 15068166
Intramedullary clear cell ependymoma in the cervical spinal cord: case report.
Akutsu H, Shibata Y, Okazaki M, Hyodo A, Matsumura A
Neurosurgery 2000 Dec;47(6):1434-7; discussion 1437-8. PMID: 11126915
Gangliosides and neutral glycolipids in ependymal, neuronal and primitive neuroectodermal tumors.
Yates AJ, Franklin TK, McKinney P, Collins R, Comas T, Boesel CP, Pearl DK
J Mol Neurosci 1999 Apr;12(2):111-21. doi: 10.1007/BF02736925. PMID: 10527455

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