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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The clinical presentation of ependymoma is dependent on tumor location. | |||
==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== | ||
===Infratentorial (posterior fossa) ependymoma=== | |||
* [[Headache]] | * [[Headache]] | ||
* [[Nausea]] | * [[Nausea]] | ||
* [[Vomiting]] | * [[Vomiting]] | ||
*Blurred or double vision | |||
*Irritability | |||
*[[ataxia]] | |||
*Neck pain | |||
*Cranial nerve palsies. | |||
===Supratentorial ependymoma=== | |||
*[[Headache]] | |||
*[[Seizures]] | |||
*Focal neurologic deficits. | |||
===Spinal cord ependymoma=== | |||
*Back pain | |||
*Lower extremity weakness | |||
*Bowel and bladder dysfunction. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
The clinical presentation of ependymoma is dependent on tumor location.
History and Symptoms
Infratentorial (posterior fossa) ependymoma
- Headache
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Blurred or double vision
- Irritability
- ataxia
- Neck pain
- Cranial nerve palsies.
Supratentorial ependymoma
Spinal cord ependymoma
- Back pain
- Lower extremity weakness
- Bowel and bladder dysfunction.