Intracranial Tumor Classification [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Intracranial Tumor Classification ======

===== World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System =====

[[World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System]].

===== Supratentorial tumor =====

[[Supratentorial tumor]].

===== Infratentorial tumor =====

[[Infratentorial tumor]].

===== Adult Intracranial Tumor =====

[[Adult Intracranial Tumor]].

===== Pediatric intracranial tumor =====

see [[Pediatric intracranial tumor]]




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Approximately 20% of [[pediatric intracranial tumor]]s arise from the [[thalamus]] or [[brainstem]], with an incidence rate of 5% and 15%, respectively.
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Excluding autopsy data, [[meningioma]]s comprise approximately 22% of primary [[intracranial tumor]]s.

[[Olfactory groove meningioma]]s can grow insidiously large and present as one of the largest intracranial tumors.