title: A clinicopathological review of spinal ependymomas in Northern Ireland.
abstract: Of eighty-three tumours of ependymal origin diagnosed in the twenty years 1969-1988 in Northern Ireland, fifteen were located within the spine. Two were in children, 13 in young adults with a mean age of 33 years. 70% presented with back pain and 60% had weakness of the lower limbs. Survival was found to correlate well with histological grading (WHO classification). The mean time of survival for tumours graded 1/2 was six years; there were three long-term survivors of 13, 17 and 18 years; 90% of the patients survived 2.5 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Carragher
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Heatley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirakhur
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009660:Northern Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology