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A-Z of Types

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A-Z of Typesryan.telford2021-10-15T14:36:22+01:00

Classification

Primary brain tumours are named according to the type of cells or the part of the brain in which they begin.

Generally benign tumours

Meningioma
Pituitary adenoma
Acoustic neuroma
Craniopharyngioma
Pilocytic astrocytoma
Colloid cyst
Hemangioblastoma
Epidermoid cyst

Malignant tumours and tumours with uncertain behaviour

Glioma
Astroglial neoplasm
Astrocytoma
Anaplastic astrocytoma
Glioblastoma
Oligodendroglioma
Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
Mixed gliomas
Ganglioglioma
Ependymoma
Lymphoma
Medulloblastoma
Germ cell tumour
Pineoblastoma/pineocytoma
Chordoma/chondrosarcoma
Choroid-plexus carcinoma

Information courtesy of brainstrust

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