In this case we are resecting a myxopapillary ependymoma. Ependymomas arise from ependymal cells lining the cerebral ventricles and the central canal of thespinal cord. They may occur anywhere along the neuroaxis, in pediatrics they are most common in the brain, in adults they tend to be intra-spinal. They behave very differently based on location… Continue reading Spinal Cord Tumor Surgery