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Shin and Chee: A Case of Spinal Cord Ependymoma
Case Report

The Ewha Medical Journal 1979; 2(2): 119-124.

Published online: 24 July 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1979.2.2.119

A Case of Spinal Cord Ependymoma

Kyu Man Shin, M.D., Sun Ho Chee, M.D., D.M.Sc.

Department of Neurological Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea.

Corresponding author: Sun Ho Chee. Department of Neurological Surgery, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Korea.

Copyright © 1979. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

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Abstract

Ependymal tumors are usually classified with the glial neoplasms of the nervous system. Ependymomas are the most frequent intramedullary tumors of the spinal cord and filum terminale. The authors describe a case of ependymoma arising in the conus medullaris and filum terminale.

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