Diffuse Ependymal Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor Causing Spinal Drop Metastases: A Case Report |
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| Authors: | Seul Kee Kim Min Young Jeong Tae Young Jung Heoung Keun Kang Woong Yoon |
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| Affiliation: | 1Department of Radiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju 501-757, Korea.;2Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun 519-809, Korea. |
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| Abstract: | Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNETs) arise mostly in the supratentorial cerebral cortex. A very rare case of intraventricular DNET with diffuse ependymal involvement, which causes spinal drop metastasis, is presented. |
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| Keywords: | Brain tumor Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor |
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