Ependymoma

who had to fight the battle of ependymoma, a type of brain cancer. Many people haven’t heard of this type of brain cancer. Before my uncle was diagnosed with it, I didn’t either. I never thought that my uncle would ever get brain cancer, but it happened. I learned a lot about this and I have researched. There are many things to learn about ependymoma, including: history, causes, physical effects, treatments and different types of ependymoma to learn about. Ependymoma is a rare type of brain or spinal

I got my research topic idea from my uncle having Ependymoma. I only knew a few things from hearing doctors, surgeons, and my parents talk about it. I did a lot of research to find out all the information I did. While writing this paper my mom also reminded me that my second cousin had this type of brain cancer since he was two years old. I didn’t mention him in my paper because I don’t have as much of a connection to him as I do my uncle. His name was Ryan and he recently passed away of age 8 on

Ependymoma Paper Ependymoma is a type of brain tumor and while it is rare in adults, accounting for 2-3% of brain tumors, ependymoma is mainly found in children and accounts for around 5% of all childhood brain cancers (American Cancer Society [ACS], 2014, January 31; American Brain Tumor Association [ABTA], n.d.). The survival rate of patients with ependymoma who have survived five years after their tumor is detected is 75% Tumors occur when cells grow to excess and form a mass. While some tumors

used. Ependymomas form from ependymal cells which boarder the spinal cord's center and ventricles of the brain. These tumors also follow a number scale to grade the tumors. They belong to the gliomas group as well.

sometimes MRI may show serpentine congested ectatic blood vessels with “cap sign” (a low intensity signal rim) on T2-weighted images which are considered diagnostic for paragangliomas2,7. There have been quite a few instances where paragangliomas, ependymomas, and/or other cauda equine tumor diagnosis has been difficult to differentiate. In fact the first case of paraganglioma was published in 1970, even though it was initially thought to be an ependymoma4. Some authors have also suggested co-existence

are benign in nature; however, a small percentage of these tumors are cancerous. Choice “D” is not the best answer. Ependymoma is a tumor that arises from the ependyma, a tissue of the central nervous system. Usually, in pediatric cases the location is intracranial, while in adults it is spinal. The common location of intracranial ependymoma is the fourth ventricle. Rarely, ependymoma can occur in the pelvic

common include: astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, and ependymomas. Astrocytomas commonly begin in the brain stem, cerebrum and cerebellum of children, and begin mainly in the cerebrum of adults. Oligodendrogliomas usually originate in the cells that produce myelin, which is a fatty protective coating that covers nerve cells. These

was to gain information on Neuro- oncology, general information on brain tumors, and general information on specific tumor types. Central nervous system tumors include various gliomas such as glioblastoma multiforme, astrocytoma, brainstem glioma, ependymoma, and oligodendroglioma. Furthermore, meningioma and vestibular schwannomas. Other conditions neuro-oncologist can treat are central nervous system lymphoma, metastic disease to the spine

within the lumbar and sacral vertebrae with collapse of the superior endplate of L4, almost to L5 (McNamee, et al). That resulted in the patient to have abdominal pain and urinary retention. The next cased presented was a patient that had ependymoma. A ependymoma is a slow growth tumor that comes up from the ependymal lining of the spinal cord (McNamee, et al). This case differs a little bit from the previous cases because the patient was a elder man who had symptoms of leg weakness and was stating

Tumors are abnormal mass of tissue that is filled with fluid or is solid and are also called neoplasm. Tumors has three different stages-benign, pre-malignant and malignant. Benign is a tumor that is not cancerous, pre-malignant is a pre-cancerous tumor, and malignant is a cancerous tumor. Three types of tumors I am going to discuss are glioma, lipoma, and fibroma. These three tumors are classified as benign tumors. Glioma is a tumor that occurs in the brain and different parts of the nervous system