Long term survival of a patient with an intracranial ependymoma: case report.
A patient with a posterior fossa ependymoma who has survived for over 49 years is presented. Inspection of the original specimen from 1936 and comparison to subsequent biopsies show no change in the benign morphology of the tumor. This case is unique not only in the patient's length of survival, but also in the sequential histological examination of the tumor.
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Grady
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Vandenberg
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Jane
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein