Intracranial myxopapillary ependymoma

Primary intracranial myxopapillary ependymoma is extremely rare; only four cases have been reported to date in the literature 1) 2). 3) 4).

Cerebral myxopapillary ependymoma

Intraventricular myxopapillary ependymoma

see also Spinal myxopapillary ependymoma.

1)
Sato H, Ohmura K, Mizushima M, Ito J, Kuyama H: Myxopapillary ependymoma of the lateral ventricle: A study on the mechanism of its stromal myxoid change. Acta Pathol Jpn 33:1017–1025, 1983
2)
Maruyama R, Koga K, Nakahara T, Kishida K, Nabeshima K: Cerebral myxopapillary ependymoma. Hum Pathol 23:960–962, 1992.
3)
Warnick RE, Raisanen J, Adornato BT, Prados MD, Davis RL, Larson DA, Gutin PH: Intracranial myxopapillary ependymoma: Case report. J Neurooncol 15:251–256, 1993.
4)
Tzerakis N, Georgakoulias N, Kontogeorgos G, Mitsos A, Jenkins A, Orphanidis G. Intraparenchymal myxopapillary ependymoma: case report. Neurosurgery. 2004 Oct;55(4):981. PubMed PMID: 15934181.