Preferred Name | ependymoma | |
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Definitions |
gliomas derived from ependymocytes that tend to present as malignant intracranial tumors in children and as benign intraspinal neoplasms in adults; may arise from any level of the ventricular system or central canal of the spinal cord; intracranial ependymomas most frequently originate in the fourth ventricle and histologically are densely cellular tumors which may contain ependymal tubules and perivascular pseudorosettes; spinal ependymomas are usually benign papillary or myxopapillary tumors. |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/2012-5783 |
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cui |
C0014474 |
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definition |
gliomas derived from ependymocytes that tend to present as malignant intracranial tumors in children and as benign intraspinal neoplasms in adults; may arise from any level of the ventricular system or central canal of the spinal cord; intracranial ependymomas most frequently originate in the fourth ventricle and histologically are densely cellular tumors which may contain ependymal tubules and perivascular pseudorosettes; spinal ependymomas are usually benign papillary or myxopapillary tumors. |
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DID |
2012-5783 |
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notation |
2012-5783 |
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prefLabel |
ependymoma |
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tui |
T191 |
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subClassOf |