Definition : Rare, slow-growing, benign intraventricular tumors, often asymptomatic and discovered
incidentally. The tumors are classified histologically as ependymomas and demonstrate
a proliferation of subependymal fibrillary astrocytes among the ependymal tumor cells.
(From Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1997 Feb;99(1):17-22) [MeSH];
Rare, slow-growing, benign intraventricular tumors, often asymptomatic and discovered
incidentally. The tumors are classified histologically as ependymomas and demonstrate
a proliferation of subependymal fibrillary astrocytes among the ependymal tumor cells.
(From Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1997 Feb;99(1):17-22) [MeSH]