title: Intracranial extraaxial ependymoma in children: a rare case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Intracranial extraaxial ependymomas (IEAEs) are extremely rare. We present a pediatric patient with IEAE misdiagnosed as a meningioma preoperatively, successfully treated surgically with a favorite outcome. The literature about IEAEs was briefly reviewed. Thereafter we discuss the clinical characteristics of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, West China hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Shi-Yin
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Xue-Song
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Yue-Kang
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome