The following is a summary of “Limited added value of systematic spinal cord MRI vs brain MRI alone to classify patients with ...

Ependymoma arise from ependymal cells ... diagnosed are best detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In certain situations, Brain Biopsy is needed for knowing tumour types.

Symptoms of ependymoma include vomiting ... I had no awareness of brain tumours. 'He went in for an MRI and they told us we'd saved our baby's life. 'I'll never forgive myself for telling him ...

This was diagnosed 5 years earlier using spinal MRI (Figure 1). Surgical management of the ependymoma resulted in an incomplete mild spinal cord lesion. Follow-up was performed in the spinal cord ...