A fellow ependymoma survivor sent me this: "SCTA conference was in Seattle a couple of years ago, Dr. Wise Young was a speaker. He's an authority on spinal cord injuries of all types, and he speculated that ependymomas are usually caused by earlier trauma to the spinal cord." CERN also speculates the tumor is not due to pathogens, environmental factors, or genetics.
It means the most likely cause of the spinal tumor I have began from a doctor's error. The anesthesiologist that damaged my spinal cord in 2000 during a routine epidural is likely what caused the progression. The tumor grew out of the exact spot that the spine was punctured. I sustained spinal fluid leak as well and had headaches for 3-6 months post-epidural.
As few cases that pop up with this issue, I doubt I'll ever know for certain what happened in my lifetime, but I definitely have my suspicions.
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