Surgical treatment of symptomatic subependymoma of the nervous system. Report of five cases

Subependymomas are uncommon and relatively benign tumors with a distinctive histological appearance. They are generally asymptomatic and most of them are found incidentally at postmortem examination. These tumors are usually located in the fourth and lateral ventricle, and sometimes in the spinal co...

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Published inNeurosurgical review Vol. 17; no. 2; p. 145
Main Authors Ildan, F, Cetinalp, E, Bagdatoglu, H, Tunah, N, Gönlüşen, G, Karadayi, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany 1994
Subjects
Adult
Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms - diagnosis
Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms - pathology
Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms - surgery
Cerebral Ventricles - pathology
Female
Glioma, Subependymal - diagnosis
Glioma, Subependymal - pathology
Glioma, Subependymal - surgery
Humans
Male
Microsurgery
Middle Aged
Neurologic Examination
Postoperative Complications - diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Subependymomas are uncommon and relatively benign tumors with a distinctive histological appearance. They are generally asymptomatic and most of them are found incidentally at postmortem examination. These tumors are usually located in the fourth and lateral ventricle, and sometimes in the spinal cord. The authors present a series of 5 pure subependymomas of the central nervous system all of which were symptomatic and all of which were treated by microsurgical removal. The clinico-pathological findings and the results of microsurgical treatment in this series are presented.
ISSN:0344-5607
DOI:10.1007/bf00698771