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Ependymoma history and symptoms
Introduction
History and Symptoms
History and Symptoms
Infratentorial (posterior fossa) ependymoma
- Headache
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Blurry or double vision
- Drowsiness (after several hours of the above symptoms)
- Irritability
- Ataxia
- Neck pain
- Cranial nerve palsies
Supratentorial ependymoma
Spinal cord ependymoma
- Back pain
- Lower extremity weakness
- Bowel and bladder dysfunction
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