Management of paediatric intracranial ependymoma

Syeda Kubra Kishwar Jafri; Saqib Kamran Bakhshi; Muhammad Shahzad Shamim

Management of paediatric intracranial ependymoma

Syeda Kubra Kishwar Jafri, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim

Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College, Pakistan

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Abstract

Intracranial ependymoma are relatively common paediatric brain tumours, but their eloquent location and high recurrence rate pose a significant challenge. Gross total resection or maximum safe resection followed by adjuvant radiotherapy are currently the standard recommended treatment, although there is still nearly 50% recurrence risk at 5 years. Chemotherapy has shown some promising results after recent advances in molecular understanding of ependymomas, but needs further evaluation before it could be added to the treatment regime.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1288-1289
Number of pages	2
Journal	JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Volume	71
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2021

Keywords

Intracranial Ependymoma, Pediatric, Surgical Management.

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