Intracranial myxopapillary ependymoma: case report. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The authors report an unusual case of a myxopapillary ependymoma arising from the lateral ventricle. The patient, a 37-year-old woman, developed recurrent symptoms including scotomata, disorientation, and headache during two successive pregnancies before the definitive diagnosis. The causes of this ependymoma variant and its relationship to pregnancy are discussed.

publication date

  • March 1, 1993

Research

keywords

  • Brain Neoplasms
  • Ependymoma
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0027312443

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/BF01050071

PubMed ID

  • 8360710

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 15

issue

  • 3