| Preface | 5 |
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| Contents | 7 |
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| Contributors | 10 |
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| Introduction and Overview of Brain Tumors | 12 |
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| Section A: Glial Tumors | 14 |
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| Pilocytic Astrocytoma and Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma | 15 |
| Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma | 28 |
| Infiltrative Astrocytomas (Diffuse Astrocytoma, Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma) | 33 |
| Oligodendroglial Tumors | 47 |
| Ependymal Tumors | 55 |
| Section B: Embryonal Neuroepithelial Tumors | 68 |
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| Central Nervous System Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors and Medulloepithelioma | 69 |
| Medulloblastoma | 80 |
| Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor | 99 |
| Section C: Tumors of the Meninges | 112 |
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| Meningiomas | 113 |
| Hemangiopericytoma and Other Mesenchymal Tumors | 127 |
| Melanocytic Lesions | 134 |
| Hemangioblastoma | 138 |
| Section D: Tumors of Cranial and Spinal Nerves | 144 |
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| Schwannoma | 145 |
| Neurofibroma | 153 |
| Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors | 158 |
| Section E: Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal–Glial Tumors | 162 |
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| Desmoplastic Infantile Astrocytoma and Ganglioglioma | 163 |
| Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor | 168 |
| Ganglioglioma and Gangliocytoma | 178 |
| Central Neurocytoma and Extraventricular Neurocytoma | 189 |
| Papillary Glioneuronal Tumor | 194 |
| Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumor of the Fourth Ventricle | 200 |
| Malignant Epithelioid Glioneuronal Tumor | 203 |
| Paraganglioma | 214 |
| Section F: Neurocutaneous Syndromes | 220 |
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| Neurofibromatosis 1 | 221 |
| Neurofibromatosis 2 | 225 |
| Von Hippel–Lindau Disease | 228 |
| Tuberous Sclerosis Complex | 231 |
| L’hermitte–Duclos Disease and Cowden Disease | 237 |
| Section G: Tumors in the Region of the Pituitary Fossa | 242 |
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| Pituitary Tumors | 243 |
| Craniopharyngioma | 250 |
| Section H: Choroid Plexus Neoplasms | 254 |
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| Choroid Plexus Neoplasms | 255 |
| Section I: Pineal-Based Tumors | 266 |
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| Pineal Parenchymal Tumors | 267 |
| Section J: Germ Cell Tumors | 272 |
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| Germ Cell Tumors | 273 |
| Section K: Paraneoplastic Disorders | 279 |
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| Paraneoplastic Disorders of the Central Nervous System | 280 |
| Section L: Tumors of the Hematopoietic System | 284 |
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| Malignant Lymphoma | 285 |
| Histiocytic Tumors | 291 |
| Section M: Interesting/Challenging Cases and Exercises in Pattern Recognition | 296 |
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| Case Studies | 297 |
| Index | 315 |