Open AccessSpinal Intramedullary Subependymomas
Author(s) -
C. A. Pagni,
Sergio Canavero,
Maria Teresa Giordana,
Mario Mascalchi,
G. Arnetoli
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/00006123-199201000-00021
Subject(s) - medicine , ependymoma , intramedullary rod , spinal cord , spinal cord neoplasm , magnetic resonance imaging , radiation therapy , radiology , surgery , psychiatry
A cervical spinal intramedullary subependymoma in a 53-year-old man is reported, and the relevant literature is reviewed. Spinal cord subependymomas seem to follow a benign course. Radiotherapy should not be administered to these patients. Magnetic resonance imaging, even with enhancement, is not able to distinguish between a subependymoma and the more common ependymoma.