Erschienen in:
01.09.2015 | Case Report
Intramedullary cervicothoracic subependymoma: report of three cases and review of the literature
verfasst von:
Zhiwei Wu, Akio Iwanami, Akimasa Yasuda, Shuji Mikami, Yoshiaki Toyama, Masaya Nakamura
Erschienen in:
Journal of Orthopaedic Science
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Ausgabe 5/2015
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Excerpt
A subependymoma is a tumor of the central nervous system. It is usually found in an intraventricular location. Most intraventricular subependymomas are subclinical in nature, whereas those located on the spine are inevitably accompanied by myelopathy. Spinal cord subependymomas are extremely rare, however. Here we report three cases of intramedullary subependymoma in the cervicothoracic region, and compare their features and surgical follow-up to previously published cases of this tumor type. …