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==Overview==
==Overview==
The clinical presentation of ependymoma is dependent on tumor location.
Symptoms of ependymoma include [[headache]], [[nausea]], and [[irritability]].
 
==History and Symptoms==
==History and Symptoms==
===Infratentorial (posterior fossa) ependymoma===
===Infratentorial (posterior fossa) ependymoma===
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* [[Nausea]]
* [[Nausea]]
* [[Vomiting]]  
* [[Vomiting]]  
*Blurred or double vision
* Blurry or [[double vision]]
*Irritability
* [[Drowsiness]] (after several hours of the above symptoms)
*[[ataxia]]
* [[Irritability]]
*Neck pain
* [[Ataxia]]
*Cranial nerve palsies.
* Neck pain
* [[Cranial nerve palsies]]


===Supratentorial ependymoma===
===Supratentorial ependymoma===
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===Spinal cord ependymoma===
===Spinal cord ependymoma===
*Back pain
*[[Back pain]]
*Lower extremity weakness
*Lower extremity weakness
*Bowel and bladder dysfunction.
*Bowel and bladder dysfunction


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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmad Al Maradni, M.D. [2]

Overview

Symptoms of ependymoma include headache, nausea, and irritability.

History and Symptoms

Infratentorial (posterior fossa) ependymoma

Supratentorial ependymoma

Spinal cord ependymoma

  • Back pain
  • Lower extremity weakness
  • Bowel and bladder dysfunction

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