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Ependyoma

A 30 year-old woman presented with headaches, nausea, vomiting and an unsteady gait.

  Show the Regional Anatomy     Note the Compression of the 4th Ventricle      Show the Gadolinium Enhancement

T2-weighted axial MRI scans. Note the large midline cerebellar mass invading the roof of the fourth ventricle and growing downward into the foramen magnum. Surgical decompression showed the mass to be a ependyoma.

Revised 05/16/06.
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