Supratentorial ependymoma presenting as a cortical cyst with a mural nodule in an adult

Jignesh Tailor; Zane Jaunmuktane; Sebastian Brandner; Huma Sethi

doi:10.1093/jscr/rju124

Supratentorial ependymoma presenting as a cortical cyst with a mural nodule in an adult

J Surg Case Rep. 2015 Jan 14;2015(1):rju124. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rju124.

Authors

Jignesh Tailor¹, Zane Jaunmuktane², Sebastian Brandner², Huma Sethi³

Affiliations

¹ Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK jignesh.tailor@nhs.net.
² Division of Neuropathology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
³ Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.

Abstract

Supratentorial ependymoma is a rare tumour in the adult central nervous system. We present an unusual case of supratentorial ependymoma in a young adult that presented as a pure cortical cyst with a mural nodule and discuss the differential diagnosis of such lesions in the brain.

Publication types

Case Reports