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Minor rearrangement
(Minor rearrangement)
 
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* [[Olfactory neuroblastoma]].
* [[Olfactory neuroblastoma]].
* [[Endolymphatic sac tumour]].
* [[Endolymphatic sac tumour]].
===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>


===Primary versus secondary===
===Primary versus secondary===
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*[[Astrocytoma, IDH-mutant]].
*[[Astrocytoma, IDH-mutant]].
*[[Glioblastoma]], IDH-wildtype.
*[[Glioblastoma]], IDH-wildtype.
Notes:
**Glial: "blends into brain"/gradual transition to non-tumour brain.


====Non-infiltrative astrocytomas====
====Non-infiltrative astrocytomas====
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**[[Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma]]  
**[[Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma]]  
**[[Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma]].
**[[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:
Notes:
*Glial vs. non-glial tumours:
**Glial: "blends into brain"/gradual transition to non-tumour brain.
**Non-glial: no radiating glial processes.
**Non-glial: no radiating glial processes.
*Rosenthal fibres within the tumour... often seen in [[pilocytic astrocytoma]].
*Rosenthal fibres within the tumour... often seen in [[pilocytic astrocytoma]].
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*WHO Grading is currently based on expected biologiocal behaviour without treatment.
*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>
**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>
====Images====
Glioblastoma:
<gallery>
Image:Glioblastoma_%281%29.jpg | Glioblastoma - pseudopalisading of tumour cells (WC)
Image:Glioblastoma_-_high_mag.jpg | Glioblastoma with fragment of near-normal white matter - high mag. (WC)
</gallery>
Anaplastic astrocytoma:
<gallery>
Image:Anaplastic_astrocytoma_-_very_high_mag_-_cropped.jpg | Anaplastic astrocytoma - very high mag. (WC)
Image:Anaplastic_astrocytoma_-_gfap_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Anaplastic astrocytoma - GFAP - very high mag. (WC)
</gallery>


===By IHC===
===By IHC===
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