Cervical Subependymoma: A rare case report with possible histogenesis

Subependymomas are extremely rare lesions of the spinal cord. Only 33 cases including ours have been reported in the cervical cord. These are typically benign slow growing tumors occurring eccentrically within the cord, producing minimal neurological deficits. The clinical, radiological, and histopa...

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Main Authors: Shyam Sundar Krishnan, Manas Panigrahi, Swetha Pendyala, Satish I. Rao, Dandu R. Varma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.102630
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spelling doaj-fa93d2d640754b77af06f19e273b6cdd2021-04-02T16:56:46ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice0976-31470976-31552012-09-01030336636910.4103/0976-3147.102630Cervical Subependymoma: A rare case report with possible histogenesisShyam Sundar Krishnan0Manas Panigrahi1Swetha Pendyala2Satish I. Rao3Dandu R. Varma4Departments of Neurosurgery, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaDepartments of Neurosurgery, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaDepartments of Neurosurgery, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaDepartments of Pathology, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaDepartments of Neuroradiology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, #1-8-31/1 Ministers Road, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaSubependymomas are extremely rare lesions of the spinal cord. Only 33 cases including ours have been reported in the cervical cord. These are typically benign slow growing tumors occurring eccentrically within the cord, producing minimal neurological deficits. The clinical, radiological, and histopathological aspects of this unusual lesion have been reviewed in detail. As the histogenesis of this tumor is much debated, we propose an alternate origin for the same.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.102630cervical subependymomahistogenesis of subependymomaspinal subependymomasubependymomaspinal tumor
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author Shyam Sundar Krishnan
Manas Panigrahi
Swetha Pendyala
Satish I. Rao
Dandu R. Varma
spellingShingle Shyam Sundar Krishnan
Manas Panigrahi
Swetha Pendyala
Satish I. Rao
Dandu R. Varma
Cervical Subependymoma: A rare case report with possible histogenesis
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
cervical subependymoma
histogenesis of subependymoma
spinal subependymoma
subependymoma
spinal tumor
author_facet Shyam Sundar Krishnan
Manas Panigrahi
Swetha Pendyala
Satish I. Rao
Dandu R. Varma
author_sort Shyam Sundar Krishnan
title Cervical Subependymoma: A rare case report with possible histogenesis
title_short Cervical Subependymoma: A rare case report with possible histogenesis
title_full Cervical Subependymoma: A rare case report with possible histogenesis
title_fullStr Cervical Subependymoma: A rare case report with possible histogenesis
title_full_unstemmed Cervical Subependymoma: A rare case report with possible histogenesis
title_sort cervical subependymoma: a rare case report with possible histogenesis
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
series Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
issn 0976-3147
0976-3155
publishDate 2012-09-01
description Subependymomas are extremely rare lesions of the spinal cord. Only 33 cases including ours have been reported in the cervical cord. These are typically benign slow growing tumors occurring eccentrically within the cord, producing minimal neurological deficits. The clinical, radiological, and histopathological aspects of this unusual lesion have been reviewed in detail. As the histogenesis of this tumor is much debated, we propose an alternate origin for the same.
topic cervical subependymoma
histogenesis of subependymoma
spinal subependymoma
subependymoma
spinal tumor
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0976-3147.102630
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