CNS Tumors (Excluding Pituitary, PNET, and Embryonal Tumors)

• Published in: Principles And Practice Of Neuropathology
• Main Authors: Parisi, Joseph E., Mena, Hernando, Scheithauer, Bernd W., Rorke, Lucy B.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 20.03.2003
• Subjects: Clinical Neurophysiology; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Pathology; Intracranial; Neuroepithelial; Oligodendrocyte; Intrinsic; Neoplasms

Gliomas, principally astrocytomas, account for the majority of brain tumors. These intrinsic tumors are derived from neuroectoderm and are classified on the basis of the predominant cell type (astrocyte, oligodendrocyte, or ependymal cell). Although the term glioma applies to all tumors of this grou...