Catalog

Myxopapillary ependymoma of brain

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Myxopapillary ependymoma of brain – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/477941577

A slow growing, WHO grade I glioma which generally occurs in young adults. It arises almost exclusively in the conus medullaris, cauda equina, and filum terminale of the spinal cord. It generally has a favorable prognosis and is characterised histologically by tumour cells arranged in a papillary manner around vascularized mucoid stromal cores. (Adapted from WHO).