title: Symptomatic apoplexy in intramedullary ependymoma: a report of a pediatric patient.
abstract: Spinal intramedullary ependymomas often harbor clinically asymptomatic intratumoral bleeds. Such tumors presenting with apoplectic events have not been described in the literature. The authors report on a 2-year-old female who presented with sudden loss of sensorimotor functions below the thoracic spine as a consequence of hemorrhage within an intramedullary ependymoma. The clinical, radiological, and surgical findings are described. Gross total resection provided near-normal spinal functions in the present case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohindra
authors.forename: Swapnil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rane
authors.forename: Sunil Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology