Supratentorial ependymoma

Case contributed by Roberto Schubert
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Headaches, nausea, dizziness.

Patient Data

Age: 8 years
Gender: Male
mri

A right frontal enhancing mass with a large tumoral cyst and displacement of the partly deficient midline structures in a boy with corpus callosum agenesis.

Case Discussion

The tumor was an ependymoma that was treated with surgery and proton beam radiotherapy. Recurrence-free survival is three years now.

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