Biopsy Interpretation of the Central Nervous System

CONTENTS
Preface ........................................................................................................vii
1 Benign Cysts and Selected Developmental Anomalies ......................1
2 Inflammatory and Infectious Lesions................................................10
3 Astrocytic Neoplasms ........................................................................39
4 Oligodendrogliomas and Mixed Oligoastrocytomas ........................92
5 Ependymal Neoplasms ....................................................................110
6 Other Gliomas ..................................................................................125
7 Neuronal and Mixed Glioneuronal Neoplasms................................134
8 Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions ..........................................................166
9 Meningeal Lesions............................................................................200
10 Embryonal Neoplasms ....................................................................234
11 Choroid Plexus Neoplasms..............................................................261
12 Tumors of the Pineal Region ..........................................................269
13 Cranial and Spinal Nerve Sheath Neoplasms ..................................280
14 Vascular Malformations and Other Select Vascular Lesions............296
15 Germ Cell Neoplasms ......................................................................306
16 Hematolymphoid Neoplasms..........................................................314
17 Select Tumors of Indeterminate or
Mesenchymal Differentiation ..........................................................328
18 Metastases........................................................................................342
19 General Approach and Differential Diagnosis ................................352
Index ........................................................................................................361