Ependymal cells produce CSF (cerebrospinal fluid), which is located within the ventricles of the brain and in the subarachnoid space that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. Aside from allowing the brain to float in the skull, CSF acts as a cushion against traumaand also helps wash away some...
11K The human nervous system can be susceptible to tumors. Understand growths on the body, the different kinds of nervous system tumors such as gliomas and meningiomas, what causes these tumors to occur, what they do to the body, and how they are diagnosed and treated. Related...
These lesions may involve but are not limited to Chiari type I malformation, obstructive hydrocephalus, posterior fossa structural lesions (as arachnoid cysts, dermoid tumors, meningiomas, or Os odontoideum), spontaneous low CSF pressure or leak, subdural hematoma, multiple brain metastases, acute ...
obstructive hydrocephalus, posterior fossa structural lesions (as arachnoid cysts, dermoid tumors, meningiomas, or Os odontoideum), spontaneous low CSF pressure or leak, subdural hematoma, multiple brain metastases, acute sphenoid
Pediatric meningiomas account for less than 5% of childhood brain tumors, with a higher incidence in the second decade of life [45]. They are associated with neurofibromatosis (NF) types 1 and 2, as well as prior radiation therapy [46]. While it was previously thought that pediatric meningiom...