Brain stem ependymoma

Summary

Brain stem ependymoma (MONDO:0003477) is a disease. A subtype of brain stem glioma — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	brain stem ependymoma
Mondo ID	MONDO:0003477
DOID	DOID:5508
NCIT	C5098
UMLS	C1332609
MedGen	231459
GARD	0023522
Anatomy (UBERON)	UBERON:0002298
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: brain stem ependymoma · brainstem ependymoma · ependymoma of brain stem · ependymoma of brainstem · ependymoma of the brain stem

Disease family

This is a subtype of brain stem glioma. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: cancer or benign tumor › neoplastic disease or syndrome › neoplasm › cancer › nervous system cancer › central nervous system cancer › brain cancer › infratentorial cancer › brainstem cancer › brain stem glioma › brain stem ependymoma

Related subtypes (4): adult brainstem glioma, brain stem astrocytic neoplasm, childhood brain stem glioma, brain stem glioblastoma

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.