Tanycytic Ependymoma: A Challenging Histological Diagnosis

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of  18 patients with spinal cord tanycytic ependymoma cases.

Author	Sex	Age (years)	Affected level	Location	Treatment	Prognosis
Friede and Pollak, 1978 [1]	F	38	C6-T3	Intradural	STR	Unknown
	F	46	T7-L2	Intradural	Unknown	Unknown
	M	45	C1-T1	Intradural	Unknown	Unknown
	M	17	C1-C3	Intradural	Unknown	Unknown
	F	36	C1-C6	Intradural	PR	Recurrence
	F	35	T10-T11	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Spaar et al., 1986 [15]	F	52	T6-T7	Intradural	GTR	Death due to post-operative complication
Langford and Barré, 1997 [4]	M	32	C	Intradural	GTR	No recurrence (2 yr)
Kawano et al., 2001 [9]	M	45	T3-T4	Intradural	GTR	No recurrence (9 yr)
	F	36	C3-C6	Intradural	Unknown	No recurrence (9 yr)
	F	55	C7-T2	Intradural	Unknown	No recurrence (2 yr)
Kobata et al., 2001 [16]	M	30	T6-T11	Extradural	STR	No regrowth (2 yr)
Ueki et al., 2001 [17]	F	13	C7-T2	Intradural	GTR	Unknown
Dvoracek and Kirby, 2001 [3]	F	31	L5-S1	Intradural	STR	No regrowth (8 months)
Boccardo et al., 2003 [18]	F	39	C5-C6	Intradural	GTR	No recurrence (2 yr)
Sato et al., 2005 [11]	M	58	C2-C4	Intradural	STR	No recurrence (2 yr)
Ishihama et al., 2011 [8]	F	40	T10-T11	Extradural	GTR	No recurrence (16 months)
This paper	M	50	C3-C5	Intradural	GTR	No recurrence (16 months)

GTR: gross total resection; STR: subtotal resection; PR: partial resection.