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==Ependymoma== | ==Ependymoma== | ||
===General=== | |||
*Called the forgotten glial tumour. | |||
===Microscopy=== | ===Microscopy=== | ||
Features: | Features (classic ependymoma): | ||
*Cells have a "tadpole-like" morphology. | *Cells have a "tadpole-like" morphology. | ||
**May also be described as ''ice cream cone-shaped''.<ref>[http://www.pathology.vcu.edu/WirSelfInst/tumor-2.html http://www.pathology.vcu.edu/WirSelfInst/tumor-2.html]</ref> | **May also be described as ''ice cream cone-shaped''.<ref>[http://www.pathology.vcu.edu/WirSelfInst/tumor-2.html http://www.pathology.vcu.edu/WirSelfInst/tumor-2.html]</ref> | ||
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*Nuclear feature monotonous, i.e. "boring".<ref>MUN. 6 Oct 2009.</ref> | *Nuclear feature monotonous, i.e. "boring".<ref>MUN. 6 Oct 2009.</ref> | ||
DDx: | Features (myxopapillary ependymoma): | ||
Images: | |||
*[http://careers.bmj.com/article-images/cf0708.f2_default.gif Myxopapillary ependymoma (bmj.com)] - part of [http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=351 careers.bmj.com article on paediatric pathology]. | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myxopapillary_ependymoma.jpg Myxopapillary ependymoma - cytology (WC)]. | |||
DDx (classic ependymoma): | |||
*Subependymoma. | *Subependymoma. | ||