COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- SERIES TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 NORMAL ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY OF THE CNS -- ANATOMY -- HISTOLOGY -- SUGGESTED READING -- 2 INTRAOPERATIVE CONSULTATION -- METHODOLOGY -- 3 BRAIN TUMORS -- BRAIN TUMORS - AN OVERVIEW -- BRAIN TUMOR LOCATIONS WITH RESPECT TO AGE -- GRADING BRAIN TUMORS -- SUGGESTED READING -- NEUROEPITHELIAL -- Astrocytic Tumors -- WHO GRADE I -- Pilocytic Astrocytoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- BRAINSTEM GLIOMA -- WHO GRADE II -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Fibrillary Astrocytoma -- Gemistocytic Astrocytoma -- Protoplasmic Astrocytoma -- Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- WHO GRADE III -- Anaplastic Astrocytoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- WHO GRADE IV -- Glioblastoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Gliosarcoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Gliomatosis Cerebri -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- REFERENCES -- Oligodendroglial and Mixed Oligoastrocytic Tumors -- Oligodendroglioma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Oligoastrocytoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma -- Pathology -- MOLECULAR TESTING IN OLIGODENDROGLIAL TUMORS -- REFERENCES -- Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors -- WHO GRADE I -- Desmoplastic Infantile Astrocytoma and Ganglioglioma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology.

Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Ganglioglioma and Gangliocytoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Dysplastic Gangliocytoma of the Cerebellum (Lhermitte - Duclos Disease) -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Paraganglioma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Papillary Glioneuronal Tumor -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumor of the Fourth Ventricle -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- WHO GRADE II -- Central Neurocytoma and Extraventricular Neurocytoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Cerebellar Liponeurocytoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- REFERENCES -- Other Neuroepithelial Tumors -- Astroblastoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- WHO GRADE I -- Angiocentric Glioma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- WHO GRADE II -- Chordoid Glioma of the Third Ventricle -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- REFERENCES -- Ependymal Tumors -- WHO GRADE I -- Subependymoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Myxopapillary Ependymoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- WHO GRADE II -- Ependymoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Cellular Ependymoma -- Papillary Ependymoma -- Clear Cell Ependymoma -- Tanycytic Ependymoma -- Giant Cell Ependymoma -- WHO GRADE III -- Anaplastic Ependymoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- REFERENCES -- Choroid Plexus Tumors -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- WHO GRADE I -- Choroid Plexus Papilloma -- Pathology -- WHO GRADE II -- Atypical Choroid Plexus Papilloma -- Pathology -- WHO GRADE III -- Choroid Plexus Carcinoma -- Pathology -- REFERENCES -- Pineal Parenchymal Tumors -- WHO GRADE I.

Pineocytoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- WHO GRADE II OR III -- Pineal Parenchymal Tumor of Intermediate Differentiation -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Papillary Tumor of the Pineal Region -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- WHO GRADE IV -- Pineoblastoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- REFERENCES -- Embryonal Tumors -- MEDULLOBLASTOMA -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Grading Medulloblastomas -- Pathology -- Desmoplastic/Nodular Medulloblastoma -- Medulloblastoma with Extensive Nodularity -- Anaplastic Medulloblastoma -- Large Cell Medulloblastoma -- CNS PRIMITIVE NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOR -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- MEDULLOEPITHELIOMA -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- EPENDYMOBLASTOMA -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- ATYPICAL TERATOID/RHABDOID TUMOR (AT/RT) -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- REFERENCES -- TUMORS OF CRANIAL AND PARASPINAL NERVES -- SCHWANNOMA -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Cellular Schwannoma -- Plexiform Schwannoma -- Melanotic Schwannoma -- NEUROFIBROMA -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- Plexiform Neurofibroma -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- PERINEURIOMA -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- TRAUMATIC NEUROMA -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- REFERENCES -- TUMORS OF THE MENINGES -- Meningiomas -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Immunohistochemistry -- Proliferative Indices in Meningiomas -- WHO GRADE I -- Meningothelial -- Fibrous (Fibroblastic) -- Transitional (Mixed) -- Psammomatous -- Angiomatous -- Microcystic -- Secretory -- Lymphoplasmacyte-Rich -- Metaplastic -- WHO GRADE II -- Chordoid -- Clear Cell.

Atypical -- WHO GRADE III -- Papillary -- Rhabdoid -- Anaplastic Meningioma -- REFERENCES -- LYMPHOMAS AND HEMATOPOIETIC NEOPLASMS -- MALIGNANT LYMPHOMAS -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- ROSAI-DORFMAN DISEASE -- CNS INVOLVEMENT BY LEUKEMIA -- REFERENCES -- GERM CELL TUMORS -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Gross Pathology -- GERMINOMA -- Pathology -- EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA -- Pathology -- YOLK SAC TUMOR (ENDODERMAL SINUS TUMOR) -- Pathology -- CHORIOCARCINOMA -- Pathology -- TERATOMA -- Mature -- Immature -- TERATOMA WITH MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION -- MIXED GERM CELL TUMOR -- Pathology -- REFERENCES -- NONNEOPLASTIC MASSES AND CYSTS -- AMYLOIDOMA (PRIMARY SOLITARY AMYLOIDOSIS) -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- NASAL GLIAL HETEROTOPIA (NASAL ''GLIOMA'') -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- CYSTS -- Arachnoid and Meningeal Cysts -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Colloid Cyst of the Third Ventricle -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Dermoid and Epidermoid Cysts -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Neuroenteric (Enterogenous) Cysts -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Neuroepithelial Cysts -- Ependymal Cyst -- Pineal Cyst -- REFERENCES -- PATHOLOGY OF THE SELLAR REGION -- PITUITARY ADENOMAS -- Intraoperative Assessment of Pituitary Adenomas -- Growth Hormone-Producing Adenoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Prolactin-Producing Adenoma -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- Mixed Growth Hormone and Prolactin-Producing Adenomas -- ACTH-Producing Adenoma -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- Gonadotropin-Producing Adenoma -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- Thyrotropin-Producing Adenoma -- Clinical Features -- Pathology.

Plurihormonal Adenoma -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- Null Cell Adenoma -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- Atypical Pituitary Adenoma -- PITUITARY CARCINOMA -- PITUITARY APOPLEXY -- GANGLIOCYTOMA -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- SPINDLE-CELL ONCOCYTOMA OF THE ADENOHYPOPHYSIS -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- PITUICYTOMA -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- GRANULAR CELL TUMOR OF THE NEUROHYPOPHYSIS -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA -- Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Papillary Craniopharyngioma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- RATHKE'S CLEFT CYST -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- LYMPHOCYTIC HYPOPHYSITIS -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- GIANT CELL GRANULOMATOUS HYPOPHYSITIS -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- XANTHOGRANULOMA OF THE SELLAR REGION -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- MISCELLANEOUS LESIONS -- REFERENCES -- METASTATIC NEOPLASMS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM -- Gregory Moes and Hannes Vogel -- Clinical Features -- NEUROIMAGING -- Macroscopic Features -- Microscopic Features -- Frozen Section and Cytological Features -- Immunohistochemistry -- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS -- REFERENCES -- SKULL AND PARASPINAL NEOPLASMS, NONNEOPLASTIC MASSES, AND MALFORMATIONS -- MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS -- Chordoma -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Olfactory Neuroblastoma (Esthesioneuroblastoma) -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Endolymphatic Sac Tumor -- Clinical Features -- Pathology -- BENIGN MASSES -- Fibrous Dysplasia -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Aneurysmal Bone Cyst -- Clinical and Radiological Features -- Pathology -- Calcifying Pseudoneoplasm of the Neuraxis.

Clinical and Radiological Features.