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Spinal ependymoma MYCN-amplified

Spinal ependymoma MYCN-amplified

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Ependymomas are the most common intramedullary spinal cord tumor in adults. These tumors rarely present as extramedullary masses.

Classification

see Spinal cord ependymoma.

see Spinal extramedullary ependymoma.

see Spinal anaplastic ependymoma.

Intradural extramedullary non-conus, non-filum spinal ependymomas 1).

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Kanti Das K. Intradural extramedullary non-conus, non-filum spinal ependymomas: report of a rare variant, newer insights into their histogenesis with proposal of a classification scheme and a management algorithm based on the review of the literature. World Neurosurg. 2019 Nov 1. pii: S1878-8750(19)32790-1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.10.152. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 31682991.