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Thoracic and Lumbosacral Spinal Cord Ependymal Tumor

MedGen UID:
1372829
•Concept ID:
C4331408
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A finding indicating the presence of an ependymal tumor in the thoracic and lumbosacral regions of spinal cord. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVThoracic and Lumbosacral Spinal Cord Ependymal Tumor

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Diagnosis

Intramedullary papillary ependymoma with choroid plexus differentiation and cerebrospinal fluid dissemination to the brain.
Dulai MS, Caccamo DV, Briley AL, Edwards MS, Fisher PG, Lehman NL
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2010 May;5(5):511-7. doi: 10.3171/2009.12.PEDS09130. PMID: 20433266
Myxopapillary ependymoma with anaplastic features.
Awaya H, Kaneko M, Amatya VJ, Takeshima Y, Oka S, Inai K
Pathol Int 2003 Oct;53(10):700-3. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01546.x. PMID: 14516321

Prognosis

Intramedullary papillary ependymoma with choroid plexus differentiation and cerebrospinal fluid dissemination to the brain.
Dulai MS, Caccamo DV, Briley AL, Edwards MS, Fisher PG, Lehman NL
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2010 May;5(5):511-7. doi: 10.3171/2009.12.PEDS09130. PMID: 20433266

Clinical prediction guides

Myxopapillary ependymoma with anaplastic features.
Awaya H, Kaneko M, Amatya VJ, Takeshima Y, Oka S, Inai K
Pathol Int 2003 Oct;53(10):700-3. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01546.x. PMID: 14516321

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