Turkish Neurosurgery
1996 , Vol 6 , Num 3-4
1Ege University Medical School,Departments of Pathology Izmir, Turkey
2Ege University Medical School,Departments of Neurosurgery, Izmir, Turkey We report three examples of subependymoma presented as different clinicopathological aspects. One has an ependymomatous component, the second one is associated with craniopharyngioma. In third case, there is massive hemorrhage into the large subependymoma. The clinical and histopathological findings and the prognosis of these tumors are discussed. Keywords : Craniopharyngioma, ependymoma, subependymoma
Corresponding author : Eren Demirtas
2Ege University Medical School,Departments of Neurosurgery, Izmir, Turkey We report three examples of subependymoma presented as different clinicopathological aspects. One has an ependymomatous component, the second one is associated with craniopharyngioma. In third case, there is massive hemorrhage into the large subependymoma. The clinical and histopathological findings and the prognosis of these tumors are discussed. Keywords : Craniopharyngioma, ependymoma, subependymoma