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... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial > Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial > Glioma > Ependymoma > Glioma, Subependymal
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal > Neuroectodermal Tumors > Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial > Glioma > Ependymoma > Glioma, Subependymal
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue > Neuroectodermal Tumors > Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial > Glioma > Ependymoma > Glioma, Subependymal

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Glioma, Subependymal  

Type

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Entry terms

  • Astrocytomas, Subependymal
  • Astrocytoma, Subependymal
  • Subependymal Astrocytoma
  • Subependymal Astrocytomas
  • Subependymal Glioma
  • Subependymoma
  • Subependymomas

Note

  • coord IM with precoord brain/neopl term (IM) + site (IM); do not confuse with ASTROCYTOMA, SUBEPENDYMAL GIANT CELL see ASTROCYTOMA

Scope note

  • Rare, slow-growing, benign intraventricular tumors, often asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. The tumors are classified histologically as ependymomas and demonstrate a proliferation of subependymal fibrillary astrocytes among the ependymal tumor cells. (From Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1997 Feb;99(1):17-22)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018315

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