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Cerebellar and Fourth Ventricle Ependymal Tumor

MedGen UID:
1391136
•Concept ID:
C4329644
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

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

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCerebellar and Fourth Ventricle Ependymal Tumor

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Cytologic features of pilocytic astrocytoma in cerebrospinal fluid specimens.
Browne TJ, Goumnerova LC, De Girolami U, Cibas ES
Acta Cytol 2004 Jan-Feb;48(1):3-8. doi: 10.1159/000326275. PMID: 14969173
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
Intracranial tumours in the first year of life. A report on 51 cases.
Di Rocco C, Ceddia A, Iannelli A
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1993;123(1-2):14-24. doi: 10.1007/BF01476280. PMID: 8213273

Diagnosis

Fourth ventricle neurocytoma with lipomatous and ependymal differentiation.
Jouvet A, Lellouch-Tubiana A, Boddaert N, Zerah M, Champier J, Fèvre-Montange M
Acta Neuropathol 2005 Mar;109(3):346-51. Epub 2004 Dec 31 doi: 10.1007/s00401-004-0963-7. PMID: 15627205
Cytologic features of pilocytic astrocytoma in cerebrospinal fluid specimens.
Browne TJ, Goumnerova LC, De Girolami U, Cibas ES
Acta Cytol 2004 Jan-Feb;48(1):3-8. doi: 10.1159/000326275. PMID: 14969173
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
Pigmented ependymoma with lipofuscin and neuromelanin production.
Chan AC, Ho LC, Yip WW, Cheung FC
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003 Jul;127(7):872-5. doi: 10.5858/2003-127-872-PEWLAN. PMID: 12823046
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

Prognosis

Choroid plexus acinar adenoma: a case report.
Rembao-Bojórquez D, Vega R, Bermúdez-Maldonado L, Gutiérrez R, Salinas C, Tena-Suck M
J Neurooncol 2007 Jun;83(2):191-7. Epub 2007 Apr 4 doi: 10.1007/s11060-006-9304-0. PMID: 17406790
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
Intracranial tumours in the first year of life. A report on 51 cases.
Di Rocco C, Ceddia A, Iannelli A
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1993;123(1-2):14-24. doi: 10.1007/BF01476280. PMID: 8213273

Clinical prediction guides

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
Neuropathological analysis of an asymptomatic adult case with Dandy-Walker variant.
Notaridis G, Ebbing K, Giannakopoulos P, Bouras C, Kövari E
Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2006 Jun;32(3):344-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2006.00719.x. PMID: 16640653
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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