Tumours of nervous system and pituitary : 2.2 Intracranial tumours

Abstract

Tumours of the CNS and pituitary are presented in this chapter on the basis of the WHO classification. Clinicopathological, morphological and genetic features of individual tumour entities are characterized as well as their diagnostics, therapy and prognosis.

Keywords

• Astrocytomas
• oligodendrogliomas
• ependymomas
• neuronal tumours
• embryonal tumours of CNS
• meningiomas
• familial tumour syndromes
• tumours of sellar region