Anaplastic ependymoma

Authors

  • Litovcenco Anatolii IMSP Institutul Mamei şi Copilulu
  • Bajurea Ala Catedra Neurochirurgie Universitatea de Stat de Medicină şi Farmacie „Nicolae Testemiţanu”
  • Sula Maxim IMSP Institutul Mamei şi Copilului, șef secției Neurochirurgie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52692/1857-0011.2021.2-70.19

Keywords:

anaplastic ependymoma, hydrocephaly, histology, multimodal treatment

Abstract

 The authors present a clinical case of anaplastic ependymoma in a 6-year-old child with the clinical manifestations of intracranial hypertension syndrome with evolutionary hydrocephaly and cerebellar-atactic syndrome. CT and brain MRI investigation as well as histology were essential in establishing multimodal treatment. 11 references, 3 pictures

Author Biographies

Litovcenco Anatolii, IMSP Institutul Mamei şi Copilulu

dr. hab. în biologie

Bajurea Ala, Catedra Neurochirurgie Universitatea de Stat de Medicină şi Farmacie „Nicolae Testemiţanu”

conf. univ., dr. șt. med

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Published

2021-09-25

Issue

Section

Research Article