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| Year : 2009 | Volume
: 57
| Issue : 2 | Page : 213--215 |
Pure cortical supratentorial extraventricular ependymoma
Yad Ram Yadav1, Neha1, SK Chandrakar2
1 Neurosurgery Unit, NSCB Medical College, Apex Hospital and Research Centre, Jabalpur, MP, India
2 Department of Pathology, NSCB Medical College, Apex Hospital and Research Centre, Jabalpur, MP, India
Correspondence Address:
Yad Ram Yadav
105 Nehru Nagar, Opposite Medical College, Jabalpur, MP - 482 003
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.51301
Majority of ependymomas are infratentorial and intraventricular. Supratentorial and purely cortical extraventricular ependymomas are extremely rare and only five cases were reported. We report a 15-year-old male with left frontal cortical ependymoma. He had gross total excision of the lesion and was not given radioptherapy.
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