SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMATIC SUBEPENDYMOMA OF THE NERVOUS-SYSTEM- REPORT OF 5 CASES

Subependymomas are uncommon and relatively benign tumors with a distin ctive histological appearance. They are generally asymptomatic and mos t of them are found incidentally at postmortem examination. These tumo rs are usually located in the fourth and lateral ventricle, and someti mes in the spinal cord. The authors present a series of 5 pure subepen dymomas of the central nervous system all of which were symptomatic an d all of which were treated by microsurgical removal. The clinicopatho logical findings and the results of microsurgical treatment in this se ries are presented.