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Imaging findings of supratentorial parenchymal ependymomas with lipomatous differentiation: One case report
LI Shuying  NIU Fengnan  ZHOU Jianan  ZHANG Xin  ZHANG Bing 

Cite this article as: LI S Y, NIU F N, ZHOU J N, et al. Imaging findings of supratentorial parenchymal ependymomas with lipomatous differentiation: One case report[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2025, 16(6): 128-131. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2025.06.019.


[Keywords] supratentorial parenchymal ependymoma;lipomatoid differentiation;magnetic resonance imaging

LI Shuying1, 2, 3   NIU Fengnan4   ZHOU Jianan2, 3, 5   ZHANG Xin1, 2, 3, 5*   ZHANG Bing1, 2, 3, 5  

1 Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China

2 Institute of Medical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China

3 Medical Imaging Center,Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated of Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China

4 Department of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China

5 Department of Medical Imaging, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210008, China

Corresponding author: ZHANG X, E-mail: zhangxin@njglyy.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2024-12-13
Accepted  2025-06-05
DOI: 10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2025.06.019
Cite this article as: LI S Y, NIU F N, ZHOU J N, et al. Imaging findings of supratentorial parenchymal ependymomas with lipomatous differentiation: One case report[J]. Chin J Magn Reson Imaging, 2025, 16(6): 128-131. DOI:10.12015/issn.1674-8034.2025.06.019.

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