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==Brain tumours - overview==
==Brain tumours - overview==
===Adult===
===Alphabetical===
For overview see [[:Category:Neuropathology_tumours|here]]
 
===By age group===
====Adult====
Four most common types of brain tumours:<ref>[http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/abta/primer.htm http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/abta/primer.htm]</ref>
Four most common types of brain tumours:<ref>[http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/abta/primer.htm http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/abta/primer.htm]</ref>
# Metastatic brain tumours (barely edges out primary tumours)
# Metastatic brain tumours (barely edges out primary tumours)
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#*[[Melanoma]].  
#*[[Melanoma]].  
#*[[Renal cell carcinoma]] (RCC).
#*[[Renal cell carcinoma]] (RCC).
# [[Glioblastoma]] (previously known as ''glioblastoma multiforme'').
# [[Glioblastoma]], IDH-wildtype.
# [[Anaplastic astrocytoma]].
# [[Astrocytoma, IDH-mutant]].
# [[Meningioma]].
# [[Meningioma]].


===Children===
====Children====
# Astrocytoma.
# [[Pilocytic astrocytoma]].
# [[Medulloblastoma]].
# [[Medulloblastoma]].
# [[Ependymoma]].
# [[Ependymoma]].
# Pontine glioma, often [[Diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27-altered]].


===Location (most common)===
===By location===
Certain tumours like to hang-out at certain places:<ref>URL: [http://www.msdlatinamerica.com/ebooks/DiagnosticNeuropathologySmears/files/4ce563fb7e8e48fc9ed8b42e296a7747.gif http://www.msdlatinamerica.com/ebooks/DiagnosticNeuropathologySmears/files/4ce563fb7e8e48fc9ed8b42e296a7747.gif] and [http://www.msdlatinamerica.com/ebooks/DiagnosticNeuropathologySmears/sid117213.html http://www.msdlatinamerica.com/ebooks/DiagnosticNeuropathologySmears/sid117213.html]. Accessed on: 2 November 2010.</ref>
Certain tumours like to hang-out at certain places:<ref>URL: [http://www.msdlatinamerica.com/ebooks/DiagnosticNeuropathologySmears/files/4ce563fb7e8e48fc9ed8b42e296a7747.gif http://www.msdlatinamerica.com/ebooks/DiagnosticNeuropathologySmears/files/4ce563fb7e8e48fc9ed8b42e296a7747.gif] and [http://www.msdlatinamerica.com/ebooks/DiagnosticNeuropathologySmears/sid117213.html http://www.msdlatinamerica.com/ebooks/DiagnosticNeuropathologySmears/sid117213.html]. Accessed on: 2 November 2010.</ref>
*Cerebrum:
====Cerebrum====
**Cortical based - [[oligodendroglioma]].
*Cortical based - [[oligodendroglioma]].
**Grey-white junction - metastases.
*Grey-white junction - metastases.
**White matter - astrocytoma, [[glioblastoma]].
*White matter - astrocytoma, [[glioblastoma]].
**Periventricular - CNS lymphoma.
*Periventricular - CNS lymphoma.
**Cystic - [[ganglioglioma]], [[pilocytic astrocytoma]], [[pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma]].
*Cystic - [[ganglioglioma]], [[pilocytic astrocytoma]], [[pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma]].
*Cerebellum:
====Cerebellum====
**Midline/central - [[medulloblastoma]].
*Midline/central - [[medulloblastoma]].
**Cystic lesion - pilocytic astrocytoma (younger individual), [[hemangioblastoma]] (older individual).
*Cystic lesion - pilocytic astrocytoma (younger individual), [[hemangioblastoma]] (older individual).
**Solid lesion (older individual) - [[metastasis]].
*Solid lesion (older individual) - [[metastasis]].
*Spinal cord:
====Sella turcica====
**[[Ependymoma]], glioblastoma.
* [[Pituitary adenoma]].
**Filum terminale - [[myxopapillary ependymoma]], [[paraganglioma]].
* [[Craniopharyngioma]].
 
less common:
* [[Pituicytoma]].
* [[Granular cell tumour]].
* [[Germinoma]].
* [[Chordoma]]
* Rathke cleft cyst.
* Hypophysitis.
* Xanthogranuloma.
====Spinal cord====
*[[Ependymoma]]
*[[Glioblastoma]]
*[[Meningioma]]
*Carcinoma metastasis
*[[Hemangioblastoma]]
====Filum terminale====
====Filum terminale====
*Filum terminale = bottom end of the spinal cord - has a limited differential.
DDx:<ref>JLK. 31 May 2010.</ref>
*[[Meningioma]].
*[[Meningioma]].
*[[Myxopapillary ependymoma]].
*[[Myxopapillary ependymoma]].
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*[[Schwannoma]].
*[[Schwannoma]].
*[[Paraganglioma]].
*[[Paraganglioma]].
 
====Meninges====
====Cerebellopontine angle====
* [[Meningioma]].
*Abbreviated ''CP angle''.
* [[Solitary fibrous tumour]] / Hemangiopericytoma.
 
* [[Hemangioblastoma]].
DDx:<ref>R. Kiehl. 8 November 2010.</ref>
less common:
*[[Schwannoma]].
* [[Melanoma]] / Melanocytoma.
*[[Meningioma]].
* Lymphoproliferative diseases.
*[[Dermoid cyst]]/epidermoid cyst.
* [[Sarcoidosis]]
*[[Ependymoma]].
* [[Arachnoid cyst]].
*[[Choroid plexus papilloma]].
* Disseminated oligodendroglial-like leptomeningeal tumour.
 
* Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma / ganglioglioma.
===Cystic tumours===
* Meningioangiomatosis.
DDx:<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case320/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case320/dx.html]. Accessed on: 14 January 2012.</ref>
* Calcifying pseudoneoplasm.
*[[Pilocytic astrocytoma]].  
====Skull====
*[[Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma]].  
* [[Fibrous dysplasia]].
*[[Ganglioglioma]].
* [[Paget disease]].
*[[Hemangioblastoma]].
* [[Histiocytosis]].
*[[Craniopharyngioma]].<ref>URL: [http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/Cnstumor.html#cystsgeneral http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/Cnstumor.html#cystsgeneral]. Accessed on: 14 January 2012.</ref>
* [[Hemangioma]].
* [[Aneurysmal bone cyst]].
* [[Plasma_cell_neoplasms#Multiple_myeloma|Multiple myeloma]].
====Skull base / Cerebellopontine angle====
* [[Schwannoma]].
* [[Meningioma]].
* [[Dermoid cyst]] / epidermoid cyst.
less common:
* [[Ependymoma]].
* [[Choroid plexus papilloma]].
* [[Glomus tumour]].
* [[Chordoma]].
* [[Chondrosarcoma]].
* [[Olfactory neuroblastoma]].
* [[Endolymphatic sac tumour]].


===Primary versus secondary===
===Primary versus secondary===
*[[AKA]] (primary) brain tumour versus metastatic cancer.
*[[AKA]] (primary) brain tumour versus metastatic cancer.
====Primary====
====Primary====
Glial tumours:
[[Glioma|Glial tumours]]:
*Cytoplasmic processes - '''key feature'''.
*Cytoplasmic processes - '''key feature'''.
**Best seen at highest magnification - usu. ~1 micrometer.
**Best seen at highest magnification - usu. ~1 micrometer.
**Processes may branch.
**Processes may branch.
*Ill-defined border/blend with the surrounding brain.
*Ill-defined border/blend with the surrounding brain.
[[Meningioma]]:
*Lesion often dura-based.
*Mesenchymal tumor (often contains collagen).


[[Lymphoma]]:
[[Lymphoma]]:
*Primary CNS Lymphoma (PCNSL) is usu. a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
*Large (lymphoid) cells, ergo usu. not a difficult diagnosis.
*Large (lymphoid) cells, ergo usu. not a difficult diagnosis.
**~2x size of resting lymphocyte, nucleoli.
**~2x size of resting lymphocyte, nucleoli.
*Lesion predominantly perivascular.  
*Lesion predominantly perivascular.


====Secondary====
====Secondary====
Carcinomas:
*Carcinomas:
*Well-demarcated border between brain and lesion - '''key feature'''.
**Well-demarcated border between brain and lesion - '''key feature'''.
*No cytoplasmic processes.
**No cytoplasmic processes.
*Usu. have nuclear atypia of malignancy.
**Usu. have nuclear atypia of malignancy.
**Nuclei often ~3-4x the size of a [[RBC]].
**Nuclei often ~3-4x the size of a [[RBC]].
*+/-Glandular arrangement.
**+/-Glandular arrangement.
*+/-Nucleoli.
**+/-Nucleoli.
*Melanoma.
*Secondary Lymphoma.
*Sarcomas (rare).
 
===By growth pattern===
====Infiltrative astrocytomas====
*[[Astrocytoma, IDH-mutant]].
*[[Glioblastoma]], IDH-wildtype.
 
Notes:
**Glial: "blends into brain"/gradual transition to non-tumour brain.
 
====Non-infiltrative astrocytomas====
**[[Pilocytic astrocytoma]]
**[[Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma]]
**[[Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma]].
 
====Cystic tumours====
DDx:<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case320/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case320/dx.html]. Accessed on: 14 January 2012.</ref>
*[[Pilocytic astrocytoma]].
*[[Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma]].
*[[Ganglioglioma]].
*[[Hemangioblastoma]].
*[[Craniopharyngioma]].<ref>URL: [http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/Cnstumor.html#cystsgeneral http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/Cnstumor.html#cystsgeneral]. Accessed on: 14 January 2012.</ref>
 
 
Notes:
**Non-glial: no radiating glial processes.
*Rosenthal fibres within the tumour... often seen in [[pilocytic astrocytoma]].
**Rosenthal fibres may be seen around a (very) slow growing tumour and represent a reactive process.
*Inflammatory cells and macrophages should prompt consideration of an alternate diagnosis (e.g. [[cerebral infarct]], [[multiple sclerosis]]) - esp. if this is a primary lesion.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case79/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case79/dx.html]. Accessed on: 2 January 2012.</ref>
 
====Grading====
Nuclear pleomorphism present:
*At least grade II (diffuse astrocytoma).
 
Mitotic figures present:
*At least grade III (anaplastic astrocytoma).
 
Microvascular proliferation ''or'' necrosis with pseudopalisading tumour cells:
*Grade IV (glioblastoma [[AKA]] glioblastoma multiforme).
 
Notes:
*Pseudopalisading tumour cells = high tumour cell density adjacent to regions of necrosis; palisade = a fence of poles forming a defensive barrier or fortification.
*WHO Grading is currently based on expected biologiocal behaviour without treatment.
**Grading does not reflect molecular divergent groups within a tumor class  or response to therapy (Currently controversies in grading for IDH-mutant astrocytoma vs. IDH-wildtype astrocytoma).<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Louis | first1 = DN. | last2 = von Deimling | first2 = A. | title = Grading of diffuse astrocytic gliomas: Broders, Kernohan, Zülch, the WHO… and Shakespeare. | journal = Acta Neuropathol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Aug | year = 2017 | doi = 10.1007/s00401-017-1765-z | PMID = 28801693 }}</ref>
 
===By IHC===
*GFAP - should stain cytoplasm of tumour cells and the perikaryon (nuclear membrane) of most [[Astrocytoma]]s.
*[[IDH-1]](R132H) (isocitrate dehydrogenase 1) in [[Astrocytoma, IDH-mutant]].<ref name=pmid19228619>{{cite journal |author=Yan H, Parsons DW, Jin G, ''et al.'' |title=IDH1 and IDH2 mutations in gliomas |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=360 |issue=8 |pages=765–73 |year=2009 |month=February |pmid=19228619 |pmc=2820383 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa0808710 |url=}}</ref><ref name=pmid20975057>{{cite journal |author=Houillier C, Wang X, Kaloshi G, ''et al.'' |title=IDH1 or IDH2 mutations predict longer survival and response to temozolomide in low-grade gliomas |journal=Neurology |volume=75 |issue=17 |pages=1560–6 |year=2010 |month=October |pmid=20975057 |doi=10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181f96282 |url=}}</ref>
*[[H3F3A|H3F3A K27M]] in [[Diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27-altered]].
*[[ATRX]] -ve in [[Astrocytoma, IDH-mutant]] or [[Diffuse hemispheric glioma, H3 G34-mutant]].
*[[CD20]] in PCNSL.
*Cytokeratins in Carcinoma brain metastases, Plexus choroid tumours, [[AT/RT]], [[Papillary tumour of the pineal region]], [[Craniopharyngioma]].
*[[EMA]] in [[Meningioma]] and carcinoma brain metastases.
*PrgR in [[Meningioma]] and carcinoma metastases.
*[[Synaptophysin]] in glioneuronal tumours and Pituitary adenoma and embryonal tumours.


===Common neuropathology tumours in a table===
===Common neuropathology tumours in a table===
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|variable
|variable
|missed lesion / close to a lesion; non-specific pathologic process - need more tissue
|missed lesion / close to a lesion; non-specific pathologic process - need more tissue
|nil
|GFAP
|[[Image:Reactive_astrocytes_-_lfb_-_high_mag.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Reactive astrocytes. (WC)]]
|[[Image:Reactive_astrocytes_-_lfb_-_high_mag.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Reactive astrocytes. (WC)]]
|-
|-
|[[Astrocytoma]] (grade II or worse)
|[[Schwannoma]]
|glial processes (esp. on smear), nuclear atypia (size var. ~3x, irreg. nuc. membrane, hyperchromasia), no Rosenthal fibres in the core of the lesion †
|cellular areas (Antoni A), paucicelluar areas (Antoni B), palisading of nuclei (Verocay bodies)
|extra-axial + intradural
|old or young
|need frozen section to Dx, DDx: [[meningioma]]
|S100, SOX10
|[[Image:Schwannoma_-_Antoni_A_and_B_-_very_high_mag.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Schwannoma. (WC)]]
|-
|[[Meningioma]]
|whorls, psammomatous calcs, nuclear inclusions
|extra-axial + intradural
|old or young
|may be diagnosed on smear, DDx: [[schwannoma]], choroid plexus
|EMA, PR, Ki-67
|[[Image:Meningioma_intermed_mag.jpg |thumb|center|150px|Meningioma. (WC)]]
|-
|[[Astrocytoma, IDH-mutant]] (CNS [[WHO]] grade 2 or grade 3)
|glial processes (esp. on smear), nuclear atypia (typical size var. ~3x, irreg. nuc. membrane, hyperchromasia), no Rosenthal fibres in the core of the lesion †, no microvascular proliferation, no necrosis
|often enhancing (suggests high grade), usu. supratentorial, usu. white matter
|usu. old, occ. young
|common
|IDH-1(R132H)+/-, GFAP+
| [[Image:Anaplastic_astrocytoma_-_very_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg | thumb| center| 150px|High-grade astrocytoma. (WC)]]
|-
|[[Glioblastoma]], IDH-wildtype (CNS [[WHO]] grade 4)
|glial processes (esp. on smear), nuclear atypia (typical size var. ~3x, irreg. nuc. membrane, hyperchromasia), no Rosenthal fibres in the core of the lesion †, microvascular proliferation or necrosis
|often enhancing (suggests high grade), usu. supratentorial, usu. white matter
|often enhancing (suggests high grade), usu. supratentorial, usu. white matter
|usu. old, occ. young
|usu. old, occ. young
|very common, esp. glioblastoma
|very common, esp. glioblastoma
|IDH-1+/-, GFAP+
|IDH-1+/-, GFAP+
| [[Image:Anaplastic_astrocytoma_-_very_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg | thumb| center| 150px|Astrocytoma. (WC)]]
| [[Image:Glioblastoma (1).jpg | thumb| center| 150px|Glioblastoma. (WC)]]
|-
|-
|[[Metastatic brain tumours|Metastasis]]
|[[Metastatic brain tumours|Metastasis]]
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|[[TTF-1]], CK7, [[CK20]], BRST-2
|[[TTF-1]], CK7, [[CK20]], BRST-2
|[[Image:Metastatic_adenocarcinoma_-_cerebellum_-_very_low_mag.jpg | thumb| center|150px |Metastasis. (WC)]]
|[[Image:Metastatic_adenocarcinoma_-_cerebellum_-_very_low_mag.jpg | thumb| center|150px |Metastasis. (WC)]]
|-
|[[Meningioma]]
|whorls, psammomatous calcs, nuclear inclusions
|extra-axial + intradural
|old or young
|may be diagnosed on smear, DDx: [[schwannoma]], choroid plexus
|EMA, PR, Ki-67
|[[Image:Meningioma_intermed_mag.jpg |thumb|center|150px|Meningioma. (WC)]]
|-
|[[Schwannoma]]
|cellular areas (Antoni A), paucicelluar areas (Antoni B), palisading of nuclei (Verocay bodies)
|extra-axial + intradural
|old or young
|need frozen section to Dx, DDx: [[meningioma]]
|S100
|[[Image:Schwannoma_-_Antoni_A_and_B_-_very_high_mag.jpg|thumb|center|150px|Schwannoma. (WC)]]
|}
|}
† Rosenthal fibres at the periphery of a lesion are a non-specific finding seen in chronic processes.
† Rosenthal fibres at the periphery of a lesion are a non-specific finding seen in chronic processes.
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{{Main|Brain metastasis}}
{{Main|Brain metastasis}}


==Infiltrative astrocytomas==  
 
===Molecular===
See also:  [[Molecular_pathology_tests#Neuropathology|Molecular Neuropathology]]
 
==Gliomas==
{{Main|Glioma}}
 
Gliomas, glioneuronal tumours and neuronal tumours are often categorized together.
 
===Astrocytic tumours===
{{Main|Astrocytoma}}
{{Main|Astrocytoma}}


===Overview===
* [[Astrocytoma]], IDH-mutant.
*Low-grade (diffuse) astrocytomas (Grade II).
* [[Glioblastoma]], IDH-wildtype.
*Anaplastic astrocytomas (Grade III).
** [[Gliosarcoma]] (a glioblastoma subtype)
*Glioblastoma (Grade IV).
 
Notes:
*Non-infiltrative gliomas:
**[[Pilocytic astrocytoma]] (WHO Grade I).  
**[[Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour]] (DNT), (WHO Grade I).


===Microscopic===
Features:<ref name=pmid>{{cite journal |author=Rong Y, Durden DL, Van Meir EG, Brat DJ |title='Pseudopalisading' necrosis in glioblastoma: a familiar morphologic feature that links vascular pathology, hypoxia, and angiogenesis |journal=J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. |volume=65 |issue=6 |pages=529–39 |year=2006 |month=June |pmid=16783163 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/palisading http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/palisading]</ref>
Features:<ref name=pmid>{{cite journal |author=Rong Y, Durden DL, Van Meir EG, Brat DJ |title='Pseudopalisading' necrosis in glioblastoma: a familiar morphologic feature that links vascular pathology, hypoxia, and angiogenesis |journal=J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. |volume=65 |issue=6 |pages=529–39 |year=2006 |month=June |pmid=16783163 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/palisading http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/palisading]</ref>
*Glial processes - '''key feature'''.
*Glial processes - '''key feature'''.
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*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case368.html Gemistocytic astrocytoma - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case368.html Gemistocytic astrocytoma - several images (upmc.edu)].


Notes:
Depreceated:
*Glial vs. non-glial tumours:
* Diffuse [[Astrocytoma]]
**Glial: "blends into brain"/gradual transition to non-tumour brain.
* [[Anaplastic astrocytoma]]
**Non-glial: no glial processes.
* [[Gliomatosis cerebri]]
*Rosenthal fibres within the tumour... make it into a [[pilocytic astrocytoma]].
* Spongioblastoma
**Rosenthal fibres may be seen around a (very) slow growing tumour and represent a reactive process.
 
*Inflammatory cells and macrophages should prompt consideration of an alternate diagnosis (e.g. [[cerebral infarct]], [[multiple sclerosis]]) - esp. if this is a primary lesion.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case79/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case79/dx.html]. Accessed on: 2 January 2012.</ref>
===Oligodendroglial tumours===
* [[Oligodendroglioma]], IDH-mutant and 1p/19q codeleted.


====Grading====
Depreceated:
Nuclear pleomorphism present:
* Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
*At least grade II (diffuse astrocytoma).
* [[Oligoastrocytoma]]
* Anaplastic oligoastrocytoma


Mitotic figures present:
===Pediatric-type diffuse high-grade glioma===
*At least grade III (anaplastic astrocytoma).
{{Main|Pediatric-type diffuse high-grade glioma}}
* [[Astrocytoma#Diffuse_midline_glioma.2C_H3_K27M_mutant|Diffuse midline glioma H3 K27-mutant]]


Microvascular proliferation ''or'' necrosis with pseudopalisading tumour cells:
===Pediatric-type diffuse low-grade glioma===
*Grade IV (glioblastoma [[AKA]] glioblastoma multiforme).
{{Main|Pediatric-type diffuse low-grade glioma}}


Notes:
*Pseudopalisading tumour cells = high tumour cell density adjacent to regions of necrosis; palisade = a fence of poles forming a defensive barrier or fortification.


Images:
===Circumscribed astrocytic gliomas===
*Glioblastoma:
* [[Pilocytic astrocytoma]] (PA)
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glioblastoma_%281%29.jpg Glioblastoma - pseudopalisading of tumour cells (WC)].
** [[Pilomyxoid astrocytoma]] (PMA)
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glioblastoma_-_high_mag.jpg Glioblastoma with fragment of near-normal white matter - high mag. (WC)].
* [[Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma]] (PXA)
*Anaplastic astrocytoma:
* [[Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma]] (SEGA)
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anaplastic_astrocytoma_-_very_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg Anaplastic astrocytoma - very high mag. (WC)].
* [[Neuropathology_tumours#Astroblastoma|Astroblastoma MN1-altered]].
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anaplastic_astrocytoma_-_gfap_-_very_high_mag.jpg Anaplastic astrocytoma - GFAP - very high mag. (WC)].
* [[Neuropathology_tumours#Chordoid glioma of the third ventricl|Chordoid glioma]].


=====Table of common gliomas - grading=====
====Astroblastoma====
Histomorphologic comparison of common gliomas:
*No WHO grade yet.<ref>{{Ref WHOCNS|88}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
*Very rare superficial tumor of young age.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Narayan | first1 = S. | last2 = Kapoor | first2 = A. | last3 = Singhal | first3 = MK. | last4 = Jakhar | first4 = SL. | last5 = Bagri | first5 = PK. | last6 = Rajput | first6 = PS. | last7 = Kumar | first7 = HS. | title = Astroblastoma of cerebrum: A rare case report and review of literature. | journal = J Cancer Res Ther | volume = 11 | issue = 3 | pages = 667 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.4103/0973-1482.140800 | PMID = 26458709 }}</ref>
|'''Entity''' || '''Rosenthal <br>fibres / EGBs''' ||'''Nuclear atypia''' ||'''Mitoses''' || '''Necrosis or MVP''' || '''Infiltrative''' || '''Image'''
*Large, cystic. Pushing margin towards CNS.
|-
*Vasocentric growth, plump cells with absence of fibrillary pattern.
|Pilocytic astrocytoma || yes || usu. no || usu. no || usu. no || no || [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosenthal_HE_40x.jpg]
*GFAP+ve, Synaptohysin-ve, Olig-2-ve, focally EMA/panCK+ve. MIB-1: 1-18 %.
|-
*Molecular profile overlaps with classical [[CNS-PNET]].
|Low-grade astrocytoma || no || yes || no || no || yes || image?
**Gene fusions invoving meningioma gene (MN1)<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Sturm | first1 = D. | last2 = Orr | first2 = BA. | last3 = Toprak | first3 = UH. | last4 = Hovestadt | first4 = V. | last5 = Jones | first5 = DT. | last6 = Capper | first6 = D. | last7 = Sill | first7 = M. | last8 = Buchhalter | first8 = I. | last9 = Northcott | first9 = PA. | title = New Brain Tumor Entities Emerge from Molecular Classification of CNS-PNETs. | journal = Cell | volume = 164 | issue = 5 | pages = 1060-72 | month = Feb | year = 2016 | doi = 10.1016/j.cell.2016.01.015 | PMID = 26919435 }}</ref>
|-
|Anaplastic astrocytoma || no || yes || yes || no || yes || [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anaplastic_astrocytoma_-_high_mag.jpg]
|-
|Glioblastoma || no || yes || yes || yes || yes || [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glioblastoma_-_high_mag.jpg]
|}
Notes:
*''MVP'' = microvascular proliferation.
*''EGBs'' = eosinophilic granular bodies.


===IHC===
*GFAP - should stain cytoplasm of tumour cells and the perikaryon (nuclear membrane).
*Ki-67 - usu. high >20% of cells.
*p53 - often +ve.
*IDH1 (isocitrate dehydrogenase 1).
**+ve in tumours that arose from low-grade gliomas.<ref name=pmid19228619>{{cite journal |author=Yan H, Parsons DW, Jin G, ''et al.'' |title=IDH1 and IDH2 mutations in gliomas |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=360 |issue=8 |pages=765–73 |year=2009 |month=February |pmid=19228619 |pmc=2820383 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa0808710 |url=}}</ref>
***Image: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IDH1_GBM_20x.jpg IDH1 +ve in glioblastoma (WP)].


Notes:
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*IDH1 and IDH2 mutations - better survival.<ref name=pmid20975057>{{cite journal |author=Houillier C, Wang X, Kaloshi G, ''et al.'' |title=IDH1 or IDH2 mutations predict longer survival and response to temozolomide in low-grade gliomas |journal=Neurology |volume=75 |issue=17 |pages=1560–6 |year=2010 |month=October |pmid=20975057 |doi=10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181f96282 |url=}}</ref>
File:Astroblastoma_HE_Specimen.jpg | HE. (WC/jensflorian)
File:Astroblastoma_HE_papillae.jpg | HE. (WC/jensflorian)
File:Astroblastoma.jpg | Astroblastoma (AFIP)
</gallery>


==Pilocytic astrocytoma==
====Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle====
{{Main|Pilocytic astrocytoma}}
* WHO grade II.
* Slowly growing, non-invasive, in adults.
* Clusters of epithelioid cells in mucinous stroma.
* Lymphocytic infiltrates, adjacent Rosenthal fibers.
* Fibrosis may be present.
* Few mitoses.
* [[GFAP]]+ve,  MIB-1 1-3%.
* [[TTF-1]]+ve.
* CD34+ve.
* [[IDH-1]]-ve, [[p53]]-ve.
* PRKCA D463H mutations.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Goode | first1 = B. | last2 = Mondal | first2 = G. | last3 = Hyun | first3 = M. | last4 = Ruiz | first4 = DG. | last5 = Lin | first5 = YH. | last6 = Van Ziffle | first6 = J. | last7 = Joseph | first7 = NM. | last8 = Onodera | first8 = C. | last9 = Talevich | first9 = E. | title = A recurrent kinase domain mutation in PRKCA defines chordoid glioma of the third ventricle. | journal = Nat Commun | volume = 9 | issue = 1 | pages = 810 | month = 02 | year = 2018 | doi = 10.1038/s41467-018-02826-8 | PMID = 29476136 }}</ref>


==Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma==
<gallery>
*Abbreviated ''PXA''.
File:NP op 20201028 009.jpg | Chordoid Glioma. (WC/jensflorian)
===General===
</gallery>
Features:
*Classically in the temporal lobe in children and young adults.
*Associated with seizures.
*Moderately aggressive (WHO Grade II).<ref name=pmid11465399>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Fouladi | first1 = M. | last2 = Jenkins | first2 = J. | last3 = Burger | first3 = P. | last4 = Langston | first4 = J. | last5 = Merchant | first5 = T. | last6 = Heideman | first6 = R. | last7 = Thompson | first7 = S. | last8 = Sanford | first8 = A. | last9 = Kun | first9 = L. | title = Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: favorable outcome after complete surgical resection. | journal = Neuro Oncol | volume = 3 | issue = 3 | pages = 184-92 | month = Jul | year = 2001 | doi =  | PMID = 11465399 | URL = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1920613/pdf/11465399.pdf}}</ref>


===Gross===
*Temporal lobe - classic.
*Usually assoc. with the leptomeninges,<ref name=pmid11465399/> i.e. superficial.


===Microscopic===
===Ependymal tumours===
Features:<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1333>{{Ref PBoD8|1333}}</ref>
* [[Subependymoma]]
*Marked nuclear atypia.
* [[Myxopapillary Ependymoma]]
*Eosinophilic granular bodies - very common.<ref name=pmid11465399/>
* [[Ependymoma]]
*Inflammation (chronic).
* Anaplastic ependymoma


Notes:
==Choroid plexus tumours==
*No mitoses.
* [[Choroid plexus papilloma]]
*No [[necrosis]].
* Atypical choroid plexus papilloma
* [[Choroid plexus carcinoma]]


Images:
==Other neuroepithelial tumours==
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case499.html Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma - several images (upmc.edu)].
* [[Neuropathology_tumours#Cribiform_neuroepithelial_tumour|Cribifiorm neuroepithelial tumour]].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case511.html Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with anaplasia - another case - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case578.html Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with anaplasia - case 3 - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case579.html Cerebellar pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma - case 4 - several image (upmc.edu)].


===Stains===
*[[Reticulin stain]] - intercellular, prominent.<ref name=pmid21479234>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Dias-Santagata | first1 = D. | last2 = Lam | first2 = Q. | last3 = Vernovsky | first3 = K. | last4 = Vena | first4 = N. | last5 = Lennerz | first5 = JK. | last6 = Borger | first6 = DR. | last7 = Batchelor | first7 = TT. | last8 = Ligon | first8 = KL. | last9 = Iafrate | first9 = AJ. | title = BRAF V600E mutations are common in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: diagnostic and therapeutic implications. | journal = PLoS One | volume = 6 | issue = 3 | pages = e17948 | month =  | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0017948 | PMID = 21479234 }}</ref>


Image:
===Cribiform neuroepithelial tumour===
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3066220/figure/pone-0017948-g001/ PXA - several images (nih.gov)].<ref name=pmid21479234/>
AKA: '''CRINET'''.
*Not listed in the current WHO classification.
*First description in 2009.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hasselblatt | first1 = M. | last2 = Oyen | first2 = F. | last3 = Gesk | first3 = S. | last4 = Kordes | first4 = U. | last5 = Wrede | first5 = B. | last6 = Bergmann | first6 = M. | last7 = Schmid | first7 = H. | last8 = Frühwald | first8 = MC. | last9 = Schneppenheim | first9 = R. | title = Cribriform neuroepithelial tumor (CRINET): a nonrhabdoid ventricular tumor with INI1 loss and relatively favorable prognosis. | journal = J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | volume = 68 | issue = 12 | pages = 1249-55 | month = Dec | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181c06a51 | PMID = 19915490 }}</ref>
*Around ventricles.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Arnold | first1 = MA. | last2 = Stallings-Archer | first2 = K. | last3 = Marlin | first3 = E. | last4 = Grondin | first4 = R. | last5 = Olshefski | first5 = R. | last6 = Biegel | first6 = JA. | last7 = Pierson | first7 = CR. | title = Cribriform neuroepithelial tumor arising in the lateral ventricle. | journal = Pediatr Dev Pathol | volume = 16 | issue = 4 | pages = 301-7 | month =  | year =  | doi = 10.2350/12-12-1287-CR.1 | PMID = 23495723 }}</ref>
*Young children.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Park | first1 = JY. | last2 = Kim | first2 = E. | last3 = Kim | first3 = DW. | last4 = Chang | first4 = HW. | last5 = Kim | first5 = SP. | title = Cribriform neuroepithelial tumor in the third ventricle: a case report and literature review. | journal = Neuropathology | volume = 32 | issue = 5 | pages = 570-6 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2011.01293.x | PMID = 22239490 }}</ref>
*Small undifferentiated cells arranged in cribriform strands and trabeculae of varying thickness.
*MAP2+ve, Synaptophysin+ve, CK+/-ve. MIB-1: 30%.
*INI-1 loss, but no rhabdoid features and good prognosis.  
*Stable genomic profile.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gessi | first1 = M. | last2 = Japp | first2 = AS. | last3 = Dreschmann | first3 = V. | last4 = Zur Mühlen | first4 = A. | last5 = Goschzik | first5 = T. | last6 = Dörner | first6 = E. | last7 = Pietsch | first7 = T. | title = High-Resolution Genomic Analysis of Cribriform Neuroepithelial Tumors of the Central Nervous System. | journal = J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | volume = 74 | issue = 10 | pages = 970-4 | month = Oct | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1097/NEN.0000000000000239 | PMID = 26352987 }}</ref>


===IHC===
==Neuronal and mixed neuronal/glial tumours==
*GFAP +ve.
* [[Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma]] / ganglioglioma (DIA/DIG)
*CD68 +ve.
* [[Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour]]
* [[Central Neurocytoma]] / Extraventricular [[neurocytoma]]
* Cerebellar liponeurocytoma
* [[Papillary glioneuronal tumour]] (PGNT)
* [[Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumour of the fourth ventricle]] (RGNT)
* Gangliocytoma / Ganglioglioma
* Dysplastic ganglioglioma of the cerebellum ([[Lhermitte-Duclos disease]])
* [[Paraganglioma]]


==Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour==
===Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma / Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma===
*Abbreviated ''DNT''.
* Abbreviated ''DIA'' or ''DIG''.
{{Main|Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour}}
* ICD-O code: 9412/1
* Large, superficial, cystic tumor of the infancy.
* Biologic course corresponds to WHO grade I.
* Very rare, included in the WHO since 1993.
* Prominent desmoplastic stroma.
* Astrocytic cells within stroma.
**GFAP+.
**MIB-1 usu. 1%.
* Frequent BRAF V600E or V600D mutations.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Wang | first1 = AC. | last2 = Jones | first2 = DTW. | last3 = Abecassis | first3 = IJ. | last4 = Cole | first4 = BL. | last5 = Leary | first5 = SES. | last6 = Lockwood | first6 = CM. | last7 = Chavez | first7 = L. | last8 = Capper | first8 = D. | last9 = Korshunov | first9 = A. | title = Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma/Astrocytoma (DIG/DIA) are Distinct Entities with Frequent BRAFV600 Mutations. | journal = Mol Cancer Res | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jul | year = 2018 | doi = 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-17-0507 | PMID = 30006355 }}</ref>
*Single case with BRAF indel or BRAF fusion.
<gallery>
File:DIG-histology.jpg | Histopathology of DIG (HE stain)
File:DIG-histology2.jpg | Prominent ganglioid cells in DIG (HE stain)
</gallery>


==Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma==
===Cerebellar liponeurocytoma===
*Abbreviated ''SEGA''.
* Previously called ''lipomatous medulloblastoma'' (name changed in WHO 2000).
{{Main|Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma}}
* Mean age: 50 years.
* As the name states: A tumour of the cerebellum.
** But cases outside cerebellum reported that would qualify.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Gupta | first1 = K. | last2 = Salunke | first2 = P. | last3 = Kalra | first3 = I. | last4 = Vasishta | first4 = RK. | title = Central liponeurocytoma: case report and review of literature. | journal = Clin Neuropathol | volume = 30 | issue = 2 | pages = 80-5 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 21329617 }}</ref>
* WHO grade II <ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Nishimoto | first1 = T. | last2 = Kaya | first2 = B. | title = Cerebellar liponeurocytoma. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 136 | issue = 8 | pages = 965-9 | month = Aug | year = 2012 | doi = 10.5858/arpa.2011-0337-RS | PMID = 22849747 }}</ref> (upgraded from WHO grade I in 2007)<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Brat | first1 = DJ. | last2 = Parisi | first2 = JE. | last3 = Kleinschmidt-DeMasters | first3 = BK. | last4 = Yachnis | first4 = AT. | last5 = Montine | first5 = TJ. | last6 = Boyer | first6 = PJ. | last7 = Powell | first7 = SZ. | last8 = Prayson | first8 = RA. | last9 = McLendon | first9 = RE. | title = Surgical neuropathology update: a review of changes introduced by the WHO classification of tumours of the central nervous system, 4th edition. | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 132 | issue = 6 | pages = 993-1007 | month = Jun | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165(2008)132[993:SNUARO]2.0.CO;2 | PMID = 18517285 }}</ref>
*ICD-O code: 9506/1


==Pilomyxoid astrocytoma==
====Histo====
{{Main|Pilomyxoid astrocytoma}}
* Advanced neuronal and lipomatous differentiation.
* Neurocytes: round to oval nuclei with clear cytoplasm.
* Quite cellular.
* Mitoses almost absent.


==Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour==
====IHC====
:See also: ''[[Extrarenal malignant rhabdoid tumour]]''.
* [[GFAP]] +/-ve (focal).  
*Commonly abbreviated ''AT/RT''.
* [[MAP2]] +ve.
*May be written ''atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumour'', i.e. without the forward slash, or ''atypical teratoid-rhabdoid tumour'' (AT-RT).
* Synaptophysin +ve.
{{Main|Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour}}
* NeuN +ve.
* MIB-1: usu 1-3%.


==Oligodendroglioma==
====Molecular====
{{Main|Oligodendroglioma}}
* Distinct methylation profile.
* Recurent losses on 2p and Chr. 14.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Capper | first1 = D. | last2 = Stichel | first2 = D. | last3 = Sahm | first3 = F. | last4 = Jones | first4 = DTW. | last5 = Schrimpf | first5 = D. | last6 = Sill | first6 = M. | last7 = Schmid | first7 = S. | last8 = Hovestadt | first8 = V. | last9 = Reuss | first9 = DE. | title = Practical implementation of DNA methylation and copy-number-based CNS tumor diagnostics: the Heidelberg experience. | journal = Acta Neuropathol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Jul | year = 2018 | doi = 10.1007/s00401-018-1879-y | PMID = 29967940 }}</ref>


==Oligoastrocytoma==
<gallery>
===General===
File:Cerebellar liponeurocytoma.jpg | Liponeurocytoma, HE (WC/Marvin101).
*Mixed tumour.
File:Liponeurocytoma Synaptophysin.jpg | Liponeurocytoma, Synapto (WC/Marvin101).
File:Cerebellar Liponeurocytoma HE.jpg | Liponeurocytoma, HE (WC/jensflorian).
File:Cerebellar Liponeurocytoma Synaptophysin.jpg | Liponeurocytoma, Synapto (WC/jensflorian).
</gallery>


===Microscopic===
====DDx====
Features:
* [[Medulloblastoma]]
*Astrocytoma-like and oligodendroglioma-like:
* [[Neurocytoma]]
*#Oligodendroglioma-like cells = round nucleus, peri-nuclear clearing.
*#Astrocytoma-like cells = non-ovoid/elongated nucleus.


DDx:
===Gangliocytoma===
*Anaplastic astrocytoma.
* Grade I WHO neuronal tumour.
*Oligodendroglioma. (???)
** ICD-O code: 9492/0
* Groups of irregular large neurons.
* Non-neoplastic, reticulin-rich glial stroma.


===IHC===
===Ganglioglioma===
*Oligodendroglioma-like cells: MAP-2 +ve (cytoplasm).
:'''Not''' to be confused with ''[[ganglioneuroma]]''.
*Astrocytoma-like cells: GFAP +ve (cytoplasm, nuclear membrane).
====General====
*Gangliolioma: Grade I WHO mixed neuronal-glial tumour (ICD-O code: 9505/1).
*Anaplastic ganglioglioma: Grade III (ICD-O: 9505/3)
*Rare (approx. 0.5% of all CNS tumors).
*Usu. temporal lobe.
*Predominantly children (mean age: 9 years).  
*Recognized as a cause of [[epilepsy]].<ref name=pmid12125968>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Im | first1 = SH. | last2 = Chung | first2 = CK. | last3 = Cho | first3 = BK. | last4 = Lee | first4 = SK. | title = Supratentorial ganglioglioma and epilepsy: postoperative seizure outcome. | journal = J Neurooncol | volume = 57 | issue = 1 | pages = 59-66 | month = Mar | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 12125968 }}</ref>
*Favourable prognosis (survival rates up to 97%)
**Insufficient data für anaplastic ganglioglioma.


Others:
====Macroscopic====
*Ki-67 ~10%. (???)
*Circumscribed lesion.
*p53 - focally +ve. (???)
*Usu. contrast enhancing.
*IDH-1 +ve. (85%)
*Solid, but intracortical cysts may be present.
*Little mass effect.


==Meningioma==
{{Main|Meningioma}}
===General===
*Very common.
*May be part of a syndrome.


===Microscopic===
====Microscopic====
Features (memory device ''WCN''):
Features:
*Whorled appearance - '''key feature'''.
*Dysplastic neurons.
*Calcification, psammomatous.
**Out of regular architecture / abnormal location.
*[[Nuclear pseudoinclusions]] - focal nuclear clearing with a sharp interface to unremarkable chromatin.  
**Cytomegaly
**Clustering
**Binucleated (very occassionally).
*Atypical glia.
*Eosinophilic granular bodies.
*Calcification.
*Prominent capillary network.
*Lymphocytic cuffing.
*May contain some reticulin.
*Glial component may resemble:
**Fibrillary astrocytoma.
**Oligodendroglioma.
**Pilocytic astrocytoma.


Grading: see ''[[meningioma]]''.
Anaplastic ganglioglioma:
*Brisk mitotic activity
*Necrosis


==Peripheral nerve sheath tumours==
====IHC====
{{Main|Peripheral nerve sheath tumours}}
*Neurons:
A classification:<ref name=pmid17893219>{{cite journal |author=Wippold FJ, Lubner M, Perrin RJ, Lämmle M, Perry A |title=Neuropathology for the neuroradiologist: Antoni A and Antoni B tissue patterns |journal=AJNR Am J Neuroradiol |volume=28 |issue=9 |pages=1633–8 |year=2007 |month=October |pmid=17893219 |doi=10.3174/ajnr.A0682 |url=http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/reprint/28/9/1633}}</ref>
**[[MAP2]] +ve
*Benign:
**Synaptophysin +ve
**[[Schwannoma]].
** Neurofilament +ve
**[[Neurofibroma]].
*Glia:
**[[Perineurioma]].
**CD34+/-ve
**[[Traumatic neuroma]].
*BRAF V600E +ve (approx. 25%, mainly ganglion cells).
*Malignant:
**[[Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour]] (MPNST).


==Schwannoma==
====Molecular====
{{Main|Schwannoma}}
*BRAF V600E-mutated(approx. 25%).
*IDH1/2 wt.
*No 1p/19q codeletion.
*Usu. Chr. 7 gain.
*CDKN2A deletions in anaplastic ganglioglioma.


==Neurofibroma==
====DDx:====
{{Main|Peripheral nerve sheath tumours#Neurofibroma}}
*[[DNT]].
===General===
*[[Oligodendroglioma]].
*May be a part of [[neurofibromatosis]] 1.
*Trapped cortical neurons in diffuse astrocytoma.
*Composed of Schwann cells, axons, fibrous material.<ref name=pmid17893219/>
*Papillary glioneuronal tumor.
*Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor.


===Microscopic===
====Images====
Features:
<gallery>
*Spindle cells lesion.
File:Ganglioglioma lymphocytic cuffing PAS.jpg | Lymphocytic cuffing in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)
**See ''[[Neurofibroma]]'' article for details.
File:Ganglioglioma calcification.jpg | Calcification in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)
File:Ganglioglioma Cd34 x200.jpg | CD34 immunostain in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)
File:Anaplastic ganglioglioma HE.jpg | Pleomorphic ganglion cells in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)
</gallery>
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case142.html Ganglioglioma - case 1 (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case282.html Ganglioglioma - case 2 (upmc.edu)].


Image:
===Lhermitte-Duclos disease===
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neurofibroma_(1).jpg Neurofibroma - low mag. (WC)].
*Abbreviated ''LDD''.
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neurofibroma_(2).jpg Neurofibroma - high mag. (WC)].
*[[AKA]] ''dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma''.<ref name=pmid20060133>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Yağci-Küpeli | first1 = B. | last2 = Oguz | first2 = KK. | last3 = Bilen | first3 = MA. | last4 = Yalçin | first4 = B. | last5 = Akalan | first5 = N. | last6 = Büyükpamukçu | first6 = M. | title = An unusual cause of posterior fossa mass: Lhermitte-Duclos disease. | journal = J Neurol Sci | volume = 290 | issue = 1-2 | pages = 138-41 | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.jns.2009.12.010 | PMID = 20060133 }}</ref>
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neurofibroma_(3).jpg Neurofibroma - high mag. (WC)].
*[[AKA]] ''dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum''.
{{Main|Lhermitte-Duclos disease}}
<gallery>
File:Dysplastic_gangliocytoma_lhermitte_duclos.jpg | Dysplastic gangliocytoma (low mag).
</gallery>


==Ganglioneuroma==
===Papillary glioneuronal tumour===
:'''Not''' to be confused with ''[[ganglioglioma]]''.
* Abbreviated ''PGNT''.
*[[AKA]] ganglioma.<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ganglioma http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ganglioma]. Accessed on: 8 November 2010.</ref>
* A benign, supratentorial tumor of childhood.
===General===
** Biologic course corresponds to WHO grade I.
*May be retroperitoneal.
** Before WHO 2000, considered a [[Ganglioglioma]] variant.
*Occasionally found in the GI tract - may form [[Gastrointestinal_tract_polyps#Ganglioneuroma|colonic polyp]].
*Prominent pseudopapillary architecture.
*Multiple ganglioneuromas may be due to [[multiple endocrine neoplasia IIb]].
*Neurocytes to medium-sized ganglion cells.
*GFAP+ core, GFAP- layer
*Rosenthal fibers, Eosinophilic Granular bodies and lymphocytic cuffing may be present.
<gallery>
File:PGNT_HE_stain.jpg | PGNT (HE) (WC/jensflorian)
</gallery>


Classification:
===Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumour of the fourth ventricle===
*In a grouping known as ''neuroblastic tumours'' which includes:<ref name=pmid10421272>{{cite journal |author=Shimada H, Ambros IM, Dehner LP, Hata J, Joshi VV, Roald B |title=Terminology and morphologic criteria of neuroblastic tumors: recommendations by the International Neuroblastoma Pathology Committee |journal=Cancer |volume=86 |issue=2 |pages=349–63 |year=1999 |month=July |pmid=10421272 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
* Abbreviated ''RGNT''.
**Ganglioneuroma (benign).
* Provisional ICD-O code: 9509/1
**[[Ganglioneuroblastoma]] (intermediate).
* A rare benign infratentorial tumour of the midline of children and adults.  
**[[Neuroblastoma]] (aggressive).
* Biologic course corresponds to WHO grade I.
* Glial component corresponds to [[pilocytic astrocytoma]].
* Neurocytic rosettes.
* Eosinopil fibrillary cores / pseudorosettes.
* GFAP+ in fibrillary areas, Syn+ in rosettes.
* Neurocytic cells: MAP2+
* MIB-1 usu. below 3%.
<gallery>
File:Histology RGNT HE.jpg | RGNT, HE stain (WC/jensflorian).
File:RGNT HE 2.jpg | RGNT, higher magnification (WC/jensflorian).
</gallery>


===Gross===
===Polymorphous low-grade tumor of the young (PLNTY)===
*Solid.
* [[Pediatric-type diffuse low-grade glioma#Diffuse low-grade glioma, MAPK pathway-altered|Polymorphous low-grade tumor of the young (PLNTY)]]
*White.
*Firm.
*Well-circumscribed.
*May be nodular.


Images:
==Pineal tumours==
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adrenal_ganglioneuroma_02.JPG Adrenal ganglioneuroma (WC)].
{{Main|Pineal gland}}
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=84&n=1 Ganglioneuroma (webpathology.com)].


===Microscopic===
* [[Pineocytoma]]
Features:
* [[Pineal parenchymal tumour of intermediate differentiation]]
*Ganglion cells - '''key feature'''.
* [[Pineoblastoma]]
**Large cells with large nucleus.
* [[Papillary tumour of the pineal region]]
***Prominent nucleolus.
*Disordered fibrinous-like material.
*Eosinophilic granular bodies.<ref>R. Kiehl. 8 November 2010.</ref>


Images:
==Embryonal tumours==
*[http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ganglioneuroma_(1).jpg Ganglioneuroma (WC)].
* [[Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour]] (AT/RT) or (AT-RT)
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=4&Case=84 Ganglioneuroma (webpathology.com)].
* [[Medulloblastoma]]
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?case=412&n=4 Ganglioneuroma (webpathology.com)].
* [[Primitive neuroectodermal tumour]] (PNET)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ganglion_high_mag.jpg Normal ganglion - high mag. (WC)] .
* [[Embryonal tumour with abundant neuropil and true rosettes]] (ETANTR)


See: ''[[adrenal ganglioneuroma]]'', ''[[Gastrointestinal tract polyps#Ganglioneuroma|colonic ganglioneuroma]]''.
DDx:
* [[Ewing sarcoma]]
* [[Sarcoma with CIC-rearrangement]]


===IHC===
==Peripheral nerve sheath tumours==
Features:<ref>{{Ref GLP|217}}</ref>
{{Main|Peripheral nerve sheath tumours}}
*Spindle cells: S-100 +ve.
A classification:<ref name=pmid17893219>{{cite journal |author=Wippold FJ, Lubner M, Perrin RJ, Lämmle M, Perry A |title=Neuropathology for the neuroradiologist: Antoni A and Antoni B tissue patterns |journal=AJNR Am J Neuroradiol |volume=28 |issue=9 |pages=1633–8 |year=2007 |month=October |pmid=17893219 |doi=10.3174/ajnr.A0682 |url=http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/reprint/28/9/1633}}</ref>
*Ganglion cells: NSE, synaptophysin, NF.
'''Benign:'''
*[[Schwannoma]].
*[[Neurofibroma]].
*[[Perineurioma]].
*Ganglioneuroma.
**[[Traumatic neuroma]].
'''Malignant:'''
*[[Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour]] (MPNST).


==Ependymoma==
===Ganglioneuroma===
{{Main|Ependymoma}}
:'''Not''' to be confused with ''[[ganglioglioma]]''.
*[[AKA]] ganglioma.<ref>URL: [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ganglioma http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ganglioma]. Accessed on: 8 November 2010.</ref>
{{Main|Ganglioneuroma}}


==Subependymoma==
{{Main|Subependymoma}}


==Choroid plexus papilloma==
{{Main|Choroid plexus papilloma}}


==Choroid plexus carcinoma==
==Meningioma==
{{Main|Choroid plexus carcinoma}}
{{Main|Meningioma}}


==Chordoma==
==Chordoma==
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==Hemangioblastoma==
==Hemangioblastoma==
{{Main|Hemangioblastoma}}
{{Main|Hemangioblastoma}}
==Medulloblastoma==
{{Main|Medulloblastoma}}
*Tumour of cerebellum - key feature.
*Morphologically identical supratentorial tumours are called [[primitive neuroectodermal tumour]] (PNET).
==Primitive neuroectodermal tumour==
*[[AKA]] ''primitive neuroepithelial tumour''. (???)
===General===
*Abbreviated ''PNET''.
*Should not be confused with ''peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour'' (abbreviated ''[[pPNET]]''<ref name=PST14feb11>PST. 14 February 2011.</ref>), [[AKA]] ''[[Ewing sarcoma]]''.
===Microscopic===
Features:
*[[Small round blue cell tumour]] - see ''[[medulloblastoma]]''.
DDx:
*[[Embryonal tumour with abundant neuropil and true rosettes]] (ETANTR).<ref name=pmid19563506>{{cite journal |author=Buccoliero AM, Castiglione F, Degl'Innocenti DR, ''et al.'' |title=Embryonal tumor with abundant neuropil and true rosettes: morphological, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and molecular study of a case showing features of medulloepithelioma and areas of mesenchymal and epithelial differentiation |journal=Neuropathology |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=84–91 |year=2010 |month=February |pmid=19563506 |doi=10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01040.x |url=}}</ref>
Images:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case414.html Primitive neuroectodermal tumour - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case649.html GBM with PNET component - several images (upmc.edu)].
==Embryonal tumour with abundant neuropil and true rosettes==
*Abbreviated ''ETANTR''.
{{Main|Embryonal tumour with abundant neuropil and true rosettes}}


==CNS lymphoma==
==CNS lymphoma==
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Image:Primary CNS lymphoma - high mag.jpg | CNS lymphoma - high mag. (WC)
Image:Primary CNS lymphoma - very high mag.jpg | CNS lymphoma - very high mag. (WC)
Image:Primary CNS lymphoma - very high mag.jpg | CNS lymphoma - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
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Image: CNS lymphoma (1) B-cell type.jpg | CNS lymphoma. (WC/KGH)
Image: CNS lymphoma (2) B-cell type.jpg | CNS lymphoma. (WC/KGH)
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Common pattern:
Common pattern:
*CD20 +ve - key stain.
*[[CD20]] +ve - key stain.
*CD3 -ve.
*CD3 -ve.
*Ki-67 ~40%.
*Ki-67 ~40%.
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*Bcl-1 -ve.
*Bcl-1 -ve.


==Neurocytoma==
===General===
*Rare.


===Microscopic===
Features:<ref>URL: [http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/Composites/FNA0IE14-Neurocytoma-Micro.htm http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/Composites/FNA0IE14-Neurocytoma-Micro.htm]. Accessed on: 12 October 2011.</ref>
*[[Pineocytoma|Pineocytomatous]]/neurocytic rosette = irregular rosette with a large meshwork of fibers (neuropil) at the centre.<ref name=pmid16551982>{{cite journal |author=Wippold FJ, Perry A |title=Neuropathology for the neuroradiologist: rosettes and pseudorosettes |journal=AJNR Am J Neuroradiol |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=488–92 |year=2006 |month=March |pmid=16551982 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
**Similar to Homer-Wright rosette.
*Perinuclear clearing.
*Well-defined cell borders.
DDx:
*[[Oligodendroglioma]] - do not have the characteristic rosettes.
*[[Ganglioglioma]].
*[[Ependymoma]].
Images:
*[http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/Composites/FNA0IE14-Neurocytoma-Micro.htm Neurocytoma (ouhsc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case383.html Neurocytoma - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case561.html Neurocytoma - cerebellar - several images (upmc.edu)].
===IHC===
*Synaptophysin +ve.
**Most glial tumour -ve.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case383/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case383/dx.html]. Accessed on: 15 January 2012.</ref>
==Central neurocytoma==
*Abbreviated ''CNC''.
{{Main|Central neurocytoma}}
==Ganglioglioma==
:'''Not''' to be confused with ''[[ganglioneuroma]]''.
===General===
*Rare.
*Usu. temporal lobe.
*Recognized as a cause of [[epilepsy]].<ref name=pmid12125968>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Im | first1 = SH. | last2 = Chung | first2 = CK. | last3 = Cho | first3 = BK. | last4 = Lee | first4 = SK. | title = Supratentorial ganglioglioma and epilepsy: postoperative seizure outcome. | journal = J Neurooncol | volume = 57 | issue = 1 | pages = 59-66 | month = Mar | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 12125968 }}</ref>
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Atypical neurons.
*Atypical glia.
Images:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case142.html Ganglioglioma - case 1 (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case282.html Ganglioglioma - case 2 (upmc.edu)].
==Lhermitte-Duclos disease==
*Abbreviated ''LDD''.
*[[AKA]] ''dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma''.<ref name=pmid20060133>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Yağci-Küpeli | first1 = B. | last2 = Oguz | first2 = KK. | last3 = Bilen | first3 = MA. | last4 = Yalçin | first4 = B. | last5 = Akalan | first5 = N. | last6 = Büyükpamukçu | first6 = M. | title = An unusual cause of posterior fossa mass: Lhermitte-Duclos disease. | journal = J Neurol Sci | volume = 290 | issue = 1-2 | pages = 138-41 | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.jns.2009.12.010 | PMID = 20060133 }}</ref>
*[[AKA]] ''dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum''.
{{Main|Lhermitte-Duclos disease}}


==Ganglioneuroblastoma==
==Ganglioneuroblastoma==
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*Ganglion-like cells with a prominent nucleolus.
*Ganglion-like cells with a prominent nucleolus.
*Small undifferentiated cells with scant cytoplasm.
*Small undifferentiated cells with scant cytoplasm.
 
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Image:Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma LP CTR.jpg|thumb|Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma  - Low power (SKB)
Image:Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma MP CTR.jpg|thumb|Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma  - Medium power (SKB)
Image:Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma HP CTR.jpg|thumb|Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma - High power (SKB)
Image:Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma HP3 CTR.jpg|thumb|Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma - High power (SKB)
Image:Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma HP2 CTR.jpg|thumb|Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma  - High power (SKB)
</gallery>
Images:
Images:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case530.html Ganglioneuroblastoma - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case530.html Ganglioneuroblastoma - several images (upmc.edu)].

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A brain stem astrocytoma. (WC)

The article covers tumours in neuropathology. Tumours are a large part of neuropathology. Cytopathology of CNS tumours is dealt with in the article CNS cytopathology.

There are separate articles for peripheral nerve sheath tumours and pituitary/peri-pituitary lesions.

Brain tumours - overview

Alphabetical

For overview see here

By age group

Adult

Four most common types of brain tumours:[1]

  1. Metastatic brain tumours (barely edges out primary tumours)
  2. Glioblastoma, IDH-wildtype.
  3. Astrocytoma, IDH-mutant.
  4. Meningioma.

Children

  1. Pilocytic astrocytoma.
  2. Medulloblastoma.
  3. Ependymoma.
  4. Pontine glioma, often Diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27-altered.

By location

Certain tumours like to hang-out at certain places:[2]

Cerebrum

Cerebellum

Sella turcica

less common:

Spinal cord

Filum terminale

Meninges

less common:

  • Melanoma / Melanocytoma.
  • Lymphoproliferative diseases.
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Arachnoid cyst.
  • Disseminated oligodendroglial-like leptomeningeal tumour.
  • Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma / ganglioglioma.
  • Meningioangiomatosis.
  • Calcifying pseudoneoplasm.

Skull

Skull base / Cerebellopontine angle

less common:

Primary versus secondary

  • AKA (primary) brain tumour versus metastatic cancer.

Primary

Glial tumours:

  • Cytoplasmic processes - key feature.
    • Best seen at highest magnification - usu. ~1 micrometer.
    • Processes may branch.
  • Ill-defined border/blend with the surrounding brain.

Meningioma:

  • Lesion often dura-based.
  • Mesenchymal tumor (often contains collagen).

Lymphoma:

  • Primary CNS Lymphoma (PCNSL) is usu. a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
  • Large (lymphoid) cells, ergo usu. not a difficult diagnosis.
    • ~2x size of resting lymphocyte, nucleoli.
  • Lesion predominantly perivascular.

Secondary

  • Carcinomas:
    • Well-demarcated border between brain and lesion - key feature.
    • No cytoplasmic processes.
    • Usu. have nuclear atypia of malignancy.
    • Nuclei often ~3-4x the size of a RBC.
    • +/-Glandular arrangement.
    • +/-Nucleoli.
  • Melanoma.
  • Secondary Lymphoma.
  • Sarcomas (rare).

By growth pattern

Infiltrative astrocytomas

Notes:

    • Glial: "blends into brain"/gradual transition to non-tumour brain.

Non-infiltrative astrocytomas

Cystic tumours

DDx:[3]


Notes:

    • Non-glial: no radiating glial processes.
  • Rosenthal fibres within the tumour... often seen in pilocytic astrocytoma.
    • Rosenthal fibres may be seen around a (very) slow growing tumour and represent a reactive process.
  • Inflammatory cells and macrophages should prompt consideration of an alternate diagnosis (e.g. cerebral infarct, multiple sclerosis) - esp. if this is a primary lesion.[5]

Grading

Nuclear pleomorphism present:

  • At least grade II (diffuse astrocytoma).

Mitotic figures present:

  • At least grade III (anaplastic astrocytoma).

Microvascular proliferation or necrosis with pseudopalisading tumour cells:

  • Grade IV (glioblastoma AKA glioblastoma multiforme).

Notes:

  • Pseudopalisading tumour cells = high tumour cell density adjacent to regions of necrosis; palisade = a fence of poles forming a defensive barrier or fortification.
  • WHO Grading is currently based on expected biologiocal behaviour without treatment.
    • Grading does not reflect molecular divergent groups within a tumor class or response to therapy (Currently controversies in grading for IDH-mutant astrocytoma vs. IDH-wildtype astrocytoma).[6]

By IHC

Common neuropathology tumours in a table

Type Key feature(s) Imaging History Notes IHC Images
Normal tissue cells regularly spaced, no nuc. atypia small lesion? / deep lesion? variable missed lesion? nil
Normal. (WC)
Reactive astrocytes astrocytes with well-demarcated eosinophilic cytoplasm, regular spacing, no nuc. atypia small lesion? / deep lesion? variable missed lesion / close to a lesion; non-specific pathologic process - need more tissue GFAP
Reactive astrocytes. (WC)
Schwannoma cellular areas (Antoni A), paucicelluar areas (Antoni B), palisading of nuclei (Verocay bodies) extra-axial + intradural old or young need frozen section to Dx, DDx: meningioma S100, SOX10
Schwannoma. (WC)
Meningioma whorls, psammomatous calcs, nuclear inclusions extra-axial + intradural old or young may be diagnosed on smear, DDx: schwannoma, choroid plexus EMA, PR, Ki-67
Meningioma. (WC)
Astrocytoma, IDH-mutant (CNS WHO grade 2 or grade 3) glial processes (esp. on smear), nuclear atypia (typical size var. ~3x, irreg. nuc. membrane, hyperchromasia), no Rosenthal fibres in the core of the lesion †, no microvascular proliferation, no necrosis often enhancing (suggests high grade), usu. supratentorial, usu. white matter usu. old, occ. young common IDH-1(R132H)+/-, GFAP+
High-grade astrocytoma. (WC)
Glioblastoma, IDH-wildtype (CNS WHO grade 4) glial processes (esp. on smear), nuclear atypia (typical size var. ~3x, irreg. nuc. membrane, hyperchromasia), no Rosenthal fibres in the core of the lesion †, microvascular proliferation or necrosis often enhancing (suggests high grade), usu. supratentorial, usu. white matter usu. old, occ. young very common, esp. glioblastoma IDH-1+/-, GFAP+
Glioblastoma. (WC)
Metastasis sharp interface with brain, often glandular, +/-nucleoli, no glial processes often cerebellular, well-circumscribed usu. old often suspected to have metastatic disease TTF-1, CK7, CK20, BRST-2
Metastasis. (WC)

† Rosenthal fibres at the periphery of a lesion are a non-specific finding seen in chronic processes.

Brain metastasis

Main article: Brain metastasis


Molecular

See also: Molecular Neuropathology

Gliomas

Main article: Glioma

Gliomas, glioneuronal tumours and neuronal tumours are often categorized together.

Astrocytic tumours

Main article: Astrocytoma

Features:[9][10]

  • Glial processes - key feature.
    • Thin stringy cytoplasmic processes - best seen at high power in less cellular areas.
  • No Rosenthal fibres within the tumour itself.

Images:

Depreceated:

Oligodendroglial tumours

Depreceated:

Pediatric-type diffuse high-grade glioma

Main article: Pediatric-type diffuse high-grade glioma

Pediatric-type diffuse low-grade glioma

Main article: Pediatric-type diffuse low-grade glioma


Circumscribed astrocytic gliomas

Astroblastoma

  • No WHO grade yet.[11]
  • Very rare superficial tumor of young age.[12]
  • Large, cystic. Pushing margin towards CNS.
  • Vasocentric growth, plump cells with absence of fibrillary pattern.
  • GFAP+ve, Synaptohysin-ve, Olig-2-ve, focally EMA/panCK+ve. MIB-1: 1-18 %.
  • Molecular profile overlaps with classical CNS-PNET.
    • Gene fusions invoving meningioma gene (MN1)[13]


  • HE. (WC/jensflorian)

  • HE. (WC/jensflorian)

  • Astroblastoma (AFIP)

Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle

  • WHO grade II.
  • Slowly growing, non-invasive, in adults.
  • Clusters of epithelioid cells in mucinous stroma.
  • Lymphocytic infiltrates, adjacent Rosenthal fibers.
  • Fibrosis may be present.
  • Few mitoses.
  • GFAP+ve, MIB-1 1-3%.
  • TTF-1+ve.
  • CD34+ve.
  • IDH-1-ve, p53-ve.
  • PRKCA D463H mutations.[14]

  • Chordoid Glioma. (WC/jensflorian)


Ependymal tumours

Choroid plexus tumours

Other neuroepithelial tumours


Cribiform neuroepithelial tumour

AKA: CRINET.

  • Not listed in the current WHO classification.
  • First description in 2009.[15]
  • Around ventricles.[16]
  • Young children.[17]
  • Small undifferentiated cells arranged in cribriform strands and trabeculae of varying thickness.
  • MAP2+ve, Synaptophysin+ve, CK+/-ve. MIB-1: 30%.
  • INI-1 loss, but no rhabdoid features and good prognosis.
  • Stable genomic profile.[18]

Neuronal and mixed neuronal/glial tumours

Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma / Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma

  • Abbreviated DIA or DIG.
  • ICD-O code: 9412/1
  • Large, superficial, cystic tumor of the infancy.
  • Biologic course corresponds to WHO grade I.
  • Very rare, included in the WHO since 1993.
  • Prominent desmoplastic stroma.
  • Astrocytic cells within stroma.
    • GFAP+.
    • MIB-1 usu. 1%.
  • Frequent BRAF V600E or V600D mutations.[19]
  • Single case with BRAF indel or BRAF fusion.

  • Histopathology of DIG (HE stain)

  • Prominent ganglioid cells in DIG (HE stain)

Cerebellar liponeurocytoma

  • Previously called lipomatous medulloblastoma (name changed in WHO 2000).
  • Mean age: 50 years.
  • As the name states: A tumour of the cerebellum.
    • But cases outside cerebellum reported that would qualify.[20]
  • WHO grade II [21] (upgraded from WHO grade I in 2007)[22]
  • ICD-O code: 9506/1

Histo

  • Advanced neuronal and lipomatous differentiation.
  • Neurocytes: round to oval nuclei with clear cytoplasm.
  • Quite cellular.
  • Mitoses almost absent.

IHC

  • GFAP +/-ve (focal).
  • MAP2 +ve.
  • Synaptophysin +ve.
  • NeuN +ve.
  • MIB-1: usu 1-3%.

Molecular

  • Distinct methylation profile.
  • Recurent losses on 2p and Chr. 14.[23]

  • Liponeurocytoma, HE (WC/Marvin101).

  • Liponeurocytoma, Synapto (WC/Marvin101).

  • Liponeurocytoma, HE (WC/jensflorian).

  • Liponeurocytoma, Synapto (WC/jensflorian).

DDx

Gangliocytoma

  • Grade I WHO neuronal tumour.
    • ICD-O code: 9492/0
  • Groups of irregular large neurons.
  • Non-neoplastic, reticulin-rich glial stroma.

Ganglioglioma

Not to be confused with ganglioneuroma.

General

  • Gangliolioma: Grade I WHO mixed neuronal-glial tumour (ICD-O code: 9505/1).
  • Anaplastic ganglioglioma: Grade III (ICD-O: 9505/3)
  • Rare (approx. 0.5% of all CNS tumors).
  • Usu. temporal lobe.
  • Predominantly children (mean age: 9 years).
  • Recognized as a cause of epilepsy.[24]
  • Favourable prognosis (survival rates up to 97%)
    • Insufficient data für anaplastic ganglioglioma.

Macroscopic

  • Circumscribed lesion.
  • Usu. contrast enhancing.
  • Solid, but intracortical cysts may be present.
  • Little mass effect.


Microscopic

Features:

  • Dysplastic neurons.
    • Out of regular architecture / abnormal location.
    • Cytomegaly
    • Clustering
    • Binucleated (very occassionally).
  • Atypical glia.
  • Eosinophilic granular bodies.
  • Calcification.
  • Prominent capillary network.
  • Lymphocytic cuffing.
  • May contain some reticulin.
  • Glial component may resemble:
    • Fibrillary astrocytoma.
    • Oligodendroglioma.
    • Pilocytic astrocytoma.

Anaplastic ganglioglioma:

  • Brisk mitotic activity
  • Necrosis

IHC

  • Neurons:
    • MAP2 +ve
    • Synaptophysin +ve
    • Neurofilament +ve
  • Glia:
    • CD34+/-ve
  • BRAF V600E +ve (approx. 25%, mainly ganglion cells).

Molecular

  • BRAF V600E-mutated(approx. 25%).
  • IDH1/2 wt.
  • No 1p/19q codeletion.
  • Usu. Chr. 7 gain.
  • CDKN2A deletions in anaplastic ganglioglioma.

DDx:

  • DNT.
  • Oligodendroglioma.
  • Trapped cortical neurons in diffuse astrocytoma.
  • Papillary glioneuronal tumor.
  • Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor.

Images

  • Lymphocytic cuffing in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)

  • Calcification in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)

  • CD34 immunostain in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)

  • Pleomorphic ganglion cells in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)

Lhermitte-Duclos disease

  • Abbreviated LDD.
  • AKA dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma.[25]
  • AKA dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum.
Main article: Lhermitte-Duclos disease

  • Dysplastic gangliocytoma (low mag).

Papillary glioneuronal tumour

  • Abbreviated PGNT.
  • A benign, supratentorial tumor of childhood.
    • Biologic course corresponds to WHO grade I.
    • Before WHO 2000, considered a Ganglioglioma variant.
  • Prominent pseudopapillary architecture.
  • Neurocytes to medium-sized ganglion cells.
  • GFAP+ core, GFAP- layer
  • Rosenthal fibers, Eosinophilic Granular bodies and lymphocytic cuffing may be present.

  • PGNT (HE) (WC/jensflorian)

Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumour of the fourth ventricle

  • Abbreviated RGNT.
  • Provisional ICD-O code: 9509/1
  • A rare benign infratentorial tumour of the midline of children and adults.
  • Biologic course corresponds to WHO grade I.
  • Glial component corresponds to pilocytic astrocytoma.
  • Neurocytic rosettes.
  • Eosinopil fibrillary cores / pseudorosettes.
  • GFAP+ in fibrillary areas, Syn+ in rosettes.
  • Neurocytic cells: MAP2+
  • MIB-1 usu. below 3%.

  • RGNT, HE stain (WC/jensflorian).

  • RGNT, higher magnification (WC/jensflorian).

Polymorphous low-grade tumor of the young (PLNTY)

Pineal tumours

Main article: Pineal gland

Embryonal tumours

DDx:

Peripheral nerve sheath tumours

Main article: Peripheral nerve sheath tumours

A classification:[26] Benign:

Malignant:

Ganglioneuroma

Not to be confused with ganglioglioma.
Main article: Ganglioneuroma


Meningioma

Main article: Meningioma

Chordoma

Main article: Chordoma

Hemangioblastoma

Main article: Hemangioblastoma

CNS lymphoma

Classification:

  • Primary CNS lymphoma.
  • Non-primary CNS lymphoma - see lymphoma article.

General - primary CNS

  • Classically periventicular distribution.
  • Usually large B cell; can be considered a type of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
    • Prognosis of CNS (DLBCL) lymphomas worse than nodal (non-CNS) DLBCL.[28]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Large cell lymphoma.
    • Size = 2x diameter normal lymphocyte.
    • Nucleolus - common.
  • Perivascular clustering.

Images

www:

  • CNS lymphoma - low mag. (WC)

  • CNS lymphoma - intermed. mag. (WC)

  • CNS lymphoma - high mag. (WC)

  • CNS lymphoma - very high mag. (WC)

  • CNS lymphoma. (WC/KGH)

  • CNS lymphoma. (WC/KGH)

IHC

Can be subclassified in GCB (germinal centre B-cell-like) and non-GCB by CD10, Bcl-6, MUM1/IRF-4, and Bcl-2.[28]

Common pattern:

  • CD20 +ve - key stain.
  • CD3 -ve.
  • Ki-67 ~40%.
  • Bcl-6 +ve.
  • Bcl-1 -ve.


Ganglioneuroblastoma

Main article: Neuroblastoma

General

  • Uncommon.
  • Part of the neuroblastic tumours group which includes:[29]

Microscopic

Features:

  • Ganglion-like cells with a prominent nucleolus.
  • Small undifferentiated cells with scant cytoplasm.

  • Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma - Low power (SKB)

  • Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma - Medium power (SKB)

  • Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma - High power (SKB)

  • Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma - High power (SKB)

  • Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma - High power (SKB)

Images:

IHC

  • NSE +ve -- small cells.

Lesions of the sella turcica

Main article: Pituitary gland

Lesions of the sella turcica, the pituitary gland environs, is a topic for it self. The differential diagnosis for lesions in this area includes:

See also

References

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