Intracranial and spinal ependymoma: series at Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
OBJECTIVE
Ependymomas are rare intracranial neuroepithelial tumors and the most common location is intramedullary. The aim was to analyze the characteristics of these tumors to determine the patients' overall survival and the likelihood of recurrence.


METHODS
Data of clinical presentation, tumor location, duration of symptoms, degree of resection and complementary treatment of 34 patients with intracranial ependymoma and 31 with intramedullary ependymoma who underwent surgery in the last ten years were collected and correlated with the recurrence time and overall survival.


RESULTS
There was statistically significant correlation between the degree of resection and intracranial tumor location, although it is not a hallmark of recurrence. Data analyses of intramedullary ependymoma did not show correlation with overall survival and likelihood of recurrence.


CONCLUSIONS
The location of the intracranial tumor is connected with the degree of resection; however it is not a predictive factor to overall survival.
Andrade
Fernanda Gonçalves de
FG
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. fer_andrade@zipmail.com.br
de Aguiar
Paulo Henrique Pires
PH
Matushita
Hamilton
H
Taricco
Mario Augusto
MA
Oba-Shinjo
Sueli Mieko
SM
Marie
Suely Kazue Nagahashi
SK
Teixeira
Manoel Jacobsen
MJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult