Computed tomography of posterior fossa ependymomas in childhood. 1983

C S Zee, and H D Segall, and J Ahmadi, and T S Becker, and J G McComb, and J H Miller

In reviewing 10 children with surgically proven posterior fossa ependymomas, various computed tomographic representations were seen. Calcification, seen in 50% of the cases, was the single most important finding suggesting the diagnosis of ependymoma. The appearance of two of our ependymomas mimicked the "typical" appearance of medulloblastomas. A case of calcified brainstem ependymoma is presented, to our knowledge, the first such case studied with computed tomography.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007089 Image Enhancement Improvement of the quality of a picture by various techniques, including computer processing, digital filtering, echocardiographic techniques, light and ultrastructural MICROSCOPY, fluorescence spectrometry and microscopy, scintigraphy, and in vitro image processing at the molecular level. Image Quality Enhancement,Enhancement, Image,Enhancement, Image Quality,Enhancements, Image,Enhancements, Image Quality,Image Enhancements,Image Quality Enhancements,Quality Enhancement, Image,Quality Enhancements, Image
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D002114 Calcinosis Pathologic deposition of calcium salts in tissues. Calcification, Pathologic,Calcinosis, Tumoral,Microcalcification,Microcalcinosis,Pathologic Calcification,Calcinoses,Calcinoses, Tumoral,Microcalcifications,Microcalcinoses,Tumoral Calcinoses,Tumoral Calcinosis
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003388 Cranial Fossa, Posterior The infratentorial compartment that contains the CEREBELLUM and BRAIN STEM. It is formed by the posterior third of the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid (SPHENOID BONE), by the occipital, the petrous, and mastoid portions of the TEMPORAL BONE, and the posterior inferior angle of the PARIETAL BONE. Clivus,Cranial Fossas, Posterior,Fossa, Posterior Cranial,Fossas, Posterior Cranial,Posterior Cranial Fossa,Posterior Cranial Fossas
D004806 Ependymoma Glioma derived from EPENDYMOGLIAL CELLS that tend to present as malignant intracranial tumors in children and as benign intraspinal neoplasms in adults. It may arise from any level of the ventricular system or central canal of the spinal cord. Intracranial ependymomas most frequently originate in the FOURTH VENTRICLE and histologically are densely cellular tumors which may contain ependymal tubules and perivascular pseudorosettes. Spinal ependymomas are usually benign papillary or myxopapillary tumors. (From DeVita et al., Principles and Practice of Oncology, 5th ed, p2018; Escourolle et al., Manual of Basic Neuropathology, 2nd ed, pp28-9) Ependymoma, Myxopapillary,Ependymoma, Papillary,Anaplastic Ependymoma,Cellular Ependymoma,Clear Cell Ependymoma,Papillary Ependymoma,Anaplastic Ependymomas,Ependymoma, Anaplastic,Ependymomas,Ependymomas, Anaplastic,Ependymomas, Myxopapillary,Ependymomas, Papillary,Myxopapillary Ependymoma,Myxopapillary Ependymomas,Papillary Ependymomas
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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