Supratentorial tanycytic ependymoma

J Clin Neurosci. 2004 Nov;11(8):928-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.03.022.

Abstract

Tanycytic ependymoma is a rare fibrillary variant of ependymoma with a predilection for the spinal cord. We present an unusual supratentorial subcortical tanycytic ependymoma in a 17-year old male presenting with seizures. Only two other cases of subcortical tanycytic ependymoma have been reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Ependymoma / complications
  • Ependymoma / metabolism
  • Ependymoma / pathology*
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology
  • Frontal Lobe / physiopathology
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Supratentorial Neoplasms / complications
  • Supratentorial Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Supratentorial Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein