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 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Circle_of_Willis_en.svg Circle of Willis (WP)] .
 *[http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/HISTHTML/NEURANAT/CNS334A.html Interactive schematic (utah.edu)].
+===Meninges===
+Deep to superficial:
+#Pia mater.
+#Arachanoid membrane.
+#*Subarachanoid space - contains blood vessels.
+#Dura mater.
+#*Tough outer covering.
+====Lesion location classification====
+Locations:<ref>URL: [http://www.nervous-system-diseases.com/spine-tumor.html http://www.nervous-system-diseases.com/spine-tumor.html]. Accessed on: 21 September 2010.</ref>
+#Intra-axial = inside the (middle) of spinal cord/brain.
+#*[[AKA]] intramedullary.
+#Intradural = not intra-axial, but deep to the dural.
+#*[[AKA]] extramedullary.
+#Extradural = outside of dura.
+*The above descriptors are often found in radiology reports.
+====DDx based on location<ref>URL: [http://www.nervous-system-diseases.com/spine-tumor.html http://www.nervous-system-diseases.com/spine-tumor.html]. Accessed on: 21 September 2010.</ref>====
+Intra-axial:
+* Glioma (astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma).
+* Hemangioblastoma.
+* Ependymoma.
+Intradural:
+* Meningioma.
+* Schwannoma.
+* Neurofibromas.
+* Arachnoid cyst.
+Extradural:
+* Mets (lung, breast, etc.).
+* Schwannoma.
+* Sarcoma.
+* Plasmacytoma.
+* Primary bone tumors - osteosarcoma, osteochondroma, chondrosarcoma.
+* Chordoma.
 ==Normal histology==

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