label: Myxopapillary Ependymoma
label_lc: myxopapillary ependymoma
description: "A slow growing, WHO grade I glioma which generally occurs in young adults.  It arises almost exclusively in the conus medullaris, cauda equina, and filum terminale of the spinal cord. It generally has a favorable prognosis and is characterized histologically by tumor cells arranged in a papillary manner around vascularized mucoid stromal cores. (Adapted from WHO)."