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Primary tumors Tumors occurring in the brain include: •Astrocytoma •Pilocytic astrocytoma •Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor •Oligodendrogliomas •Ependymoma •Glioblastoma multiforme •Mixed gliomas •Oligoastrocytomas •Medulloblastoma •Retinoblastoma •Neuroblastoma •Germinoma •Teratoma
Secondary tumors and non-tumor lesions Secondary or metastatic brain tumors originate from malignant tumors (cancers) located primarily in other organs •Lung cancer
- Skin cancer
•Malignant melanoma •Hypernephroma •Breast cancer •Colon carcinoma
WHO* classification of primary brain tumors according to histology and grade (uptodate)
Astrocytic tumors
Pilocytic astrocytoma Diffuse astrocytoma Anaplastic astrocytoma Glioblastoma
Oligodendroglial and oligoastrocytic tumors
Oligodendroglioma Anaplastic oligodendroglioma Oligoastrocytoma Anaplastic oligoastrocytoma Glioblastoma with oligodendroglioma component
Ependymal tumors
Subependymoma Myxopapillary ependymoma Ependymoma Anaplastic ependymoma
Choroid plexus tumors
Choroid plexus papilloma Choroid plexus carcinoma
Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors
Ganglioglioma Central neurocytoma Filum terminale paraganglioma Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET)
Pineal parenchymal tumors
Pineocytoma Pineoblastoma
Embryonal tumors
Medulloblastoma Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor