Ependymoma

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Ependymoma


  • brain tumour
  • most common in 4th ventricle
  • produces obstruction and hydrocephalus
  • can occur in spinal cord
    • intramedullary (2nd most common after Astrocytoma)
    • lining central canal or filum terminale
    • lumbo-sacral level of neurological deficit
 

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