TUMOURS OF NEUROEPITHELIAL TISSUE
Histologically identical tumors may have a very different outcome and response to treatment. Molecular markers that carry both diagnostic and prognostic information add valuable tools by redefining tumor subtypes within each WHO category.
Choroid plexus tumours
Choroid plexus papilloma 9390/0
Atypical choroid plexus papilloma 9390/1*
Choroid plexus carcinoma 9390/3
Other neuroepithelial tumours
Astroblastoma 9430/3
Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle 9444/1
Angiocentric glioma 9431/1*
Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumours
Dysplastic gangliocytoma of cerebellum
(Lhermitte-Duclos) 9493/0
Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma/
ganglioglioma 9412/1
Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour 9413/0
Gangliocytoma 9492/0
Ganglioglioma 9505/1
Anaplastic ganglioglioma 9505/3
Central neurocytoma 9506/1
Extraventricular neurocytoma 9506/1*
Cerebellar liponeurocytoma 9506/1*
Papillary glioneuronal tumour 9509/1*
Rosette forming glioneuronal tumor of the fourth ventricle 9509/1
Paraganglioma 8680/1
Tumours of the pineal region
Pineocytoma 9361/1
Pineal parenchymal tumour of intermediate differentiation 9362/3
Pineoblastoma 9362/3
Papillary tumor of the pineal region 9395/3*
Embryonal tumours
Medulloblastoma 9470/3
Desmoplastic/nodular medulloblastoma 9471/3
Medulloblastoma with extensive nodularity 9471/3*
Anaplastic medulloblastoma 9474/3*
Large cell medulloblastoma 9474/3
CNS primitive neuroectodermal tumor 9473/3
CNS Neuroblastoma 9500/3
CNS Ganglioneuroblastoma 9490/3
Medulloepithelioma 9501/3
Ependymoblastoma 9392/3
Atypical teratoid / rhabdoid tumour 9508/3