Long-term surgical resection outcomes of pediatric myxopapillary ependymoma: experience of two centers and brief literature review

A Abdallah, E Emel, HB Gündüz, ÖE Sofuoğlu… - World Neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Myxopapillary ependymoma (MPE) is a rarely reported lesion of the spinal cord
in the pediatric population. Based on their low mitotic index and slow-growth, MPEs are …

Clinically aggressive pediatric spinal ependymoma with novel MYC amplification demonstrates molecular and histopathologic similarity to newly described MYCN- …

M Shatara, KM Schieffer, D Klawinski… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
Primary spinal cord tumors contribute to≤ 10% of central nervous system tumors in
individuals of pediatric or adolescent age. Among intramedullary tumors, spinal …

Spinal seeding metastasis of myxopapillary ependymoma: report of three pediatric patients and a brief literature review

A Abdallah - Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2020 - karger.com
Abstract Objective: Myxopapillary ependymomas (MPEs) in children are rarely reported low-
grade glial tumors; however, MPEs sometimes possess malignant characteristics such as …

Radiologic–Histopathologic correlation of adult spinal tumors: A retrospective study

M Asilturk, A Abdallah… - Asian Journal of …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Aim: Preoperatively performed magnetic resonance images (MRIs) are essential before
treating spinal tumors surgically. This study aims to investigate the compatibility of MRI …

Management of myxopapillary ependymoma: a retrospective study from three institutions

A Abdallah, G Baloğlu, B Güler Abdallah… - Neurological …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background: Myxopapillary ependymomas (MPEs) possess leptomeningeal,
neural axis dissemination, seeding metastases, and extra-neural spread which are …

[HTML][HTML] Outcome after treatment of spinal ependymoma in children and adolescents: long-term follow-up of a single consecutive institutional series of 33 patients …

T Lundar, BJ Due-Tønnessen, R Frič, J Sundseth… - World Neurosurgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Long-term outcomes for pediatric patients treated for spinal ependymoma are
unknown. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis of outcome data from 33 children …

Factors Affecting Long-Term Surgical Outcomes of Spinal Extramedullary Ependymomas: A Retrospective Study

A Abdallah, G Baloğlu, BG Abdallah, MG Papaker - World Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Spinal intradural-extramedullary ependymomas (IEEs) most commonly affect
the lumbosacral spine. Because of their neural axis dissemination and adherence to neural …

Spinal intramedullary tumors

G Menon, S Srinivasan, R Nair, A Hegde… - Archives of Medicine …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Intramedullary spinal cord tumors constitute an uncommon group of central nervous system
neoplasms which pose considerable diagnostic and management challenges. Often low …

Reduced field of view echo-planar imaging diffusion tensor MRI for pediatric spinal tumors

LH Kim, EH Lee, M Galvez, M Aksoy, S Skare… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Spine MRI is a diagnostic modality for evaluating pediatric CNS tumors.
Applying diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) or diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to the spine poses …

Pediatric spinal subdural abscesses: a report of three consecutive patients

A Abdallah - Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2021 - karger.com
Background: Despite technological advances in medical treatment, the prognosis of the
rarely reported spinal subdural abscesses (SSAs) has remained a serious entity largely …