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**Glial: "blends into brain"/gradual transition to non-tumour brain. | **Glial: "blends into brain"/gradual transition to non-tumour brain. | ||
**Non-glial: no glial processes. | **Non-glial: no glial processes. | ||
====Table of common gliomas==== | |||
Histomorphologic comparison of common gliomas: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|'''Entity''' || Rosenthal <br>fibres / EGBs ||'''Nuclear atypia''' ||'''Mitoses''' || '''Necrosis or MVP''' || '''Infiltrative''' || '''Image''' | |||
|- | |||
|Pilocytic astrocytoma || yes || usu. no || usu. no || usu. no || no || [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosenthal_HE_40x.jpg] | |||
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|Low-grade astrocytoma || no || yes || no || no || yes || image? | |||
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|Anaplastic astrocytoma || no || yes || yes || no || yes || [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anaplastic_astrocytoma_-_high_mag.jpg] | |||
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|Glioblastoma || no || yes || yes || yes || yes || [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glioblastoma_-_high_mag.jpg] | |||
|} | |||
Notes: | |||
*''MVP'' = microvascular proliferation. | |||
*''EGBs'' = eosinophilic granular bodies. | |||
====Grading==== | ====Grading==== | ||