Found at Old Age and Continuously Growing WHO Grade II Fourth Ventricle Ependymoma: A Case Report
| Autor: | Moowan Park, Ho Shin Gwak, Sang Hyen Lee, Eun Kyeong Hong |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Ependymoma
medicine.medical_specialty Nausea Case Report Fourth ventricle Asymptomatic 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Grade II Elderly medicine Medulla General Environmental Science business.industry medicine.disease Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Ventricle 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Vomiting General Earth and Planetary Sciences medicine.symptom Ovarian cancer business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Brain Tumor Research and Treatment |
| ISSN: | 2288-2413 2288-2405 |
| Popis: | A 74-year-old woman presented with a month-long nausea and vomiting, then she could not take a meal. She had found an asymptomatic 4th ventricular mass 6 year ago as a preoperative work-up for ovarian cancer. And during the yearly follow-up, the mass had grown continuously over 6 years, and caused symptoms in the seventh year. MRI revealed a large ovoid extra-axial mass in the fourth ventricle compressing adjacent medulla and cerebellum. Surgery achieved near total resection since the tumor tightly adhered to the brain stem of 4th ventricle floor. The histological diagnosis was ependymoma (WHO grade II). She transferred rehabilitation facility for mild gait disturbance, hoarseness and swallowing difficulty. Fourth ventricle ependymoma in the elderly is extremely rare and the growth rate has not been reported. Here, we present a rare care of 4th ventricle ependymoma found asymptomatic at elderly but continuously grow to cause local pressure symptoms. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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