Ependymoma: Diagnosis and Treatment - NCI - National Cancer …
网页An ependymoma is a primary central nervous system (CNS) tumor. This means it begins in the brain or spinal cord. To get an accurate diagnosis, a piece of tumor tissue will be removed during surgery, if possible. A neuropathologist should then review the tumor tissue.
Ependymoma - Overview - Mayo Clinic
网页2023年4月21日 · Ependymoma can occur at any age, but most often happens in young children. Children with ependymoma may experience headaches and seizures. Ependymoma that occurs in adults is more likely to form in the spinal cord. It may cause weakness in the part of the body controlled by the nerves affected by the tumor.
Ependymoma: Types, Prognosis, Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic
网页An ependymoma is a mass of irregular cells (tumor) in your brain or spinal cord. It’s a type of primary central nervous system tumor. Ependymomas start in your brain or spinal cord instead of starting elsewhere and spreading to your brain or spinal cord. Ependymomas tend to grow slowly and usually don’t spread to other parts of your body.
Ependymoma - Johns Hopkins Medicine
网页Ependymoma is a very rare type of tumor that starts in the brain or spinal cord. It can happen in both children and adults. Your brain and your spinal cord make up your central nervous system (CNS). Ependymoma is a primary CNS tumor.
Ependymoma - Wikipedia
网页An ependymoma is a tumor that arises from the ependyma, a tissue of the central nervous system. Usually, in pediatric cases the location is intracranial, while in adults it is spinal. The common location of intracranial ependymomas is the floor of the fourth ventricle. Rarely, ependymomas can occur in the pelvic cavity.
What is Ependymoma: Symptoms, Causes, & Treatment - WebMD
网页2022年8月23日 · Ependymomas are cancerous tumors that grow in your brain or any part of the spine, including your neck and upper and lower back. They form at first in your ependymal cells in the middle of your...
Ependymoma - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
网页2019年10月16日 · Ependymomas are glial cell tumors that commonly arise in the lining cells of the ventricular system, and less commonly outside the central nervous system (CNS), or within the brain parenchyma. They are comprised of genetically distinct subgroups of tumors and affect children more commonly than adults. [1]
Childhood Ependymoma - NCI - National Cancer Institute
网页2024年6月5日 · Ependymoma is a rare type of tumor that starts in the brain or spinal cord. The brain controls all body functions, such as breathing, heart rate, memory and learning, emotion, and senses. The spinal cord is made up of bundles of nerve fibers that carry messages between the brain and the rest of the body.
Ependymoma: Evaluation and Management Updates - PMC
网页2022年4月6日 · Ependymomas are neuroepithelial tumors that may arise from the ependymal cells of the cerebral ventricles, the central canal of the spinal cord, or cortical rests. According to the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the USA, the annual incidence of ependymomas ranges from 0.29 to 0.6 per 100,000 persons . These tumors account for 1.6–1.8% of all ...
Ependymoma | Brain Tumor Center | Stanford Medicine
网页Ependymoma is a rare type of primary brain or spinal cord tumor that can occur in children and adults. Common symptoms of ependymoma include headaches, seizures, and changes in vision or speech. Neurological examination, imaging, and tissue sampling are the mainstays of ependymoma diagnosis.