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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

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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