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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

Surgery is the main stay of treatment for subependymoma.

Complete surgical removal is often curative. Some subependymomas are considered incidental findings and observed without intervention.