Turkish Neurosurgery 1996 , Vol 6 , Num 3-4
SYMPTOMATIC SUBEPENDYMOMA: CASES PRESENTING WITH DIFFERENT CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL FEATURES
Eren DEMIRTAŞ1, Yusuf ERŞAHİN2, Saffet MUTLUER2, Kazım ÜNER2, Funda YILMAZ1
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