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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
Subependymoma was first described by Scheinker in 1945; it frequently occurs in the ventricles and rarely in the spinal canal representing 0.7% of all central nervous system tumours. Most of these intraventricular tumours are subclinical entities, remaining of small size and discovered at autopsy with 0.4%incidence. We report a case of subependymoma with a completely exophytic growth from the foramen of Luscka: only a similar one has been described in the literature but with a lesser cysternal involvement. Neuroradiological and anatomopathological features of subependymoma are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0390-5616
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
81-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Unusual exophytic subependymoma in the bulbo-cerebellar angle. Case report.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosciences, Unit of Neurosurgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy m.castagna@med.dc.unipi.it.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports