Video on Ependymoma, including causation from the CERN foundation: CERN Foundation Video.
Doctor on video states (concerning adult primary Ependymoma): "It tends not to be hereditary. No link to occupational exposure and other causitive agents, no link to smoking, or environmental pathogen."
However, as they state, with as few as 300 cases per year, there is still very little overall information regarding causation.
I think at this point with the information collected, it's probably too early to speculate. I have to say as someone with this issue, it's sort of horrifying not knowing what caused it. You ask yourself, is there something I can do to prevent regrowth? Or am I just going to have to deal with the circumstance. I think from a logical standpoint there aren't easy answers.
I've talked to other epedys who've had family members with varying neurological problems and there are neurological problems that run in my family as well. When I was 20, I had a botched epidural and spinal fluid leak that was in the region that the tumor grew from. As well as the region in the South that I grew up in being a high risk area in the country for brain tumors.
As far as the epidural information goes: I had preeclampsia during pregnancy, was suffering from extreme swelling from the condition. I went in to have a c-section, and anesthesiologist said it would be safe to have an epidural. Due to extreme body swelling, he could not find the spinal segments and chose to puncture and re-puncture between 3-6 times to try and get epidural to take. Resulted in a spinal fluid leak and numbness in the upper portion of my body as well (inability to breath) temporarily.
Also worth noting, area I grew up in is ranked highest in the U. S. for brain tumors.
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