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A Case of Malignant Ependymoma.
Ja Wook Koo, Sun Ho Lee, In Joon Seol, Hahng Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1989;32(1):130-136.   Published online January 31, 1989
Intracranial tumors presenting in the first year of life are uncommon. Brain tumors in infancy are predominantly supratentorial, whereas in older children the majority are infratentorial. Malignant ependymoma is a rare type of primitive ependymal tumor with clinically high malignancy. We experienced a malignant ependymoma in a 5 month old girl who had progressive enlargement of head circumference with vomiting. Brain computed tomography revealed...