Rare, slow-growing, benign intraventricular tumors, often asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. The tumors are classified histologically as ependymomas and demonstrate a proliferation of subependymal fibrillary astrocytes among the ependymal tumor cells. (From Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1997 Feb;99(1):17-22)
Also Known As:
Subependymoma; Glioma, Subependymal; Subependymal Astrocytoma; Subependymal Astrocytoma, Adult; Subependymal Gliosis; Adult Subependymal Astrocytoma; Adult Subependymal Astrocytomas; Astrocytoma, Adult Subependymal; Astrocytoma, Subependymal; Astrocytomas, Adult Subependymal; Astrocytomas, Subependymal; Gliomas, Subependymal; Glioses, Subependymal; Gliosis, Subependymal; Subependymal Astrocytomas; Subependymal Astrocytomas, Adult; Subependymal Gliomas; Subependymal Glioses; Subependymomas