%0 Journal Article
%T Ependimomas: achados cl¨ªnicos, epidemiol¨®gicos e anatomopatol¨®gicos de 22 casos
%A TORRES
%A LUIZ FERNANDO BLEGGI
%A REIS FILHO
%A JORGE SERGIO
%A MONTEM¨®R NETTO
%A M¨¢RIO R.
%A DELL¨¦
%A LINEI A. B.
%A SLUMINSKY
%A BEATRIZ GARCIA
%A TIRONI
%A F¨¢BIO ANT£¿NIO
%A ANTONIUK
%A AFONSO
%A RAMINA
%A RICARDO
%J Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
%D 1999
%I Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO
%R 10.1590/S0004-282X1999000200015
%X ependymomas are composed of neoplastic ependymal cells, affecting mainly children and young adults. we report the clinical and pathological findings of 22 cases of ependymomas. fourteen patients were males and 8 were females. the ages ranged between 1 and 58 years, with a mean of 24.63 years. the symptoms reflected the growth and topography of the tumours; muscle weakness (59.1%), gait disorders (36.3%), sensitive disorders (36.3%), hyperreflexia and intracranial hypertension syndrome were the most frequent symptoms. ten tumours affected the medulla, 7 the cerebral hemispheres, 2 the cerebral ventricles and 1 brain stem. seven patients were submitted total resection of the tumor, from which one received adjuvant radiotherapy. 15 other patients were submitted to partial resection; from which 4 received adjuvant radiotherapy, 3 adjuvant chemotherapy and 1 chemotherapy and radiotherapy. the recurrence rate was 18.2%. these results are similar with the literature and may contribute to further understanding the biological behavior of these tumours.
%K ependymomas
%K central nervous system tumours
%K brain tumours.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-282X1999000200015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en