Imaging of ependymomas: MRI and CT.
The imaging features of intracranial and spinal ependymoma are reviewed with an emphasis on conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), perfusion MRI and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and computed tomography. Imaging manifestations of leptomeningeal dissemination of disease are described. Finally, salient imaging features obtained in the postoperative period to evaluate completeness of surgical resection, and thereafter for long-term surveillance for disease recurrence, are reviewed.
Neuroradiology Section, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D055420:Perfusion Imaging; D011522:Protons; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D011522:Protons