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Ependymoma
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A WHO grade 2, slow growing tumor of children and young adults, usually located intraventricularly. It is the most common ependymal neoplasm. It often causes clinical symptoms by blocking cerebrospinal fluid pathways. Key histological features include perivascular pseudorosettes and ependymal rosettes. (WHO)

Exact Synonyms
CNS, ependymoma
Ependymoma, NOS
ependymoma
Ependymoma
WHO Grade 2 Ependymal Neoplasm
WHO Grade 2 Ependymal Tumor
WHO Grade II Ependymal Neoplasm
WHO Grade II Ependymal Tumor
class Information
ALT_DEFINITION
  • A malignant neoplasm arising from ependymal cells that line the ventricles of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord.
  • A type of brain tumor that begins in cells lining the spinal cord central canal (fluid-filled space down the center) or the ventricles (fluid-filled spaces of the brain). Ependymomas may also form in the choroid plexus (tissue in the ventricles that makes cerebrospinal fluid).
code

C3017

Contributing_Source
  • Cellosaurus
  • CPTAC
  • CTEP
  • DIPG/DMG
  • GDC
  • MedDRA
  • NICHD
Display_Name

Ependymoma

ICD-O-3_Code

9391/3

in_subset
Legacy Concept Name

Ependymoma

Maps_To
  • 9391/3
  • CNS, ependymoma
  • Ependymoma, NOS
  • Ependymoma
  • Epithelial ependymoma
Neoplasm_Has_Special_Category

Solid Neoplasm

Neoplastic_Status

Undetermined

Preferred_Name

Ependymoma

Semantic_Type

Neoplastic Process

UMLS_CUI

C0014474

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