Ependymoma history and symptoms

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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

• Headache
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Blurry or double vision
• Drowsiness (after several hours of the above symptoms)
• 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.