TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction and Overview of Brain Tumors
Adekunle M. Adesina
Section I: Glial Tumors
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Pilocytic Astrocytoma and Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma
Christine E. Fuller
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Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma
Christine E. Fuller
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Infiltrative Astrocytomas (Diffuse Astrocytoma, Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma)
Christine E. Fuller
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Oligodendroglial Tumors
Hope T. Richard, Christine E. Fuller
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Ependymal Tumors
Christine E. Fuller
Section II: Embryonal Neuroepithelial Tumors
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Central Nervous System Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (PNETs) and Medulloepithelioma
Adekunle M. Adesina, Jill V. Hunter, Lucy Rorke-Adams
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Medulloblastoma
Adekunle M. Adesina, Jill V. Hunter
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Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor
Adekunle M. Adesina, Jill V. Hunter, Lucy Rorke-Adams
Section III: Tumors of the Meninges
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Meningioma
Christine E. Fuller
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Hemangiopericytoma and Other Mesenchymal Tumors
Christine E. Fuller
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Melanocytic Lesions
Christine E. Fuller
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Hemangioblastoma Hope T. Richard, Christine E. Fuller
Section IV: Tumors of Cranial and Spinal Nerves
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Schwannoma
Tarik Tihan
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Neurofibroma
Tarik Tihan
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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
Yazgi Koy, Tarik Tihan
Section V: Neuronal and Mixed Neuronal-Glial Tumors
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Desmoplastic Infantile Astrocytoma and Ganglioglioma
Adekunle M. Adesina
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Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor
Adekunle M. Adesina, Ronald Rauch
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Gangliocytoma and Ganglioglioma
Carrie A. Mohila, Ronald Rauch, Adekunle M. Adesina
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Central Neurocytoma and Extraventricular Neurocytoma
Carrie A. Mohila, Ronald Rauch, Adekunle M. Adesina
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Papillary Glioneuronal Tumor
Marie Rivera-Zengotita, Anna Illner, Adekunle M. Adesina
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Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumor of the Fourth Ventricle
Marie Rivera-Zengotita, Adekunle M. Adesina
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Malignant Epithelioid Glioneuronal Tumor
Marie Rivera-Zengotita, Ronald Rauch, Adekunle M. Adesina
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Paraganglioma
Andreana L. Rivera, Adekunle M. Adesina
Section VI: Neurocutaneous Syndromes
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Neurofibromatosis 1
Tarik Tihan
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Neurofibromatosis 2
Tarik Tihan
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Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
Tarik Tihan, Adekunle M. Adesina
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Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
Tarik Tihan, Adekunle M. Adesina
29 Lhermitte-Duclos Disease and Cowden Disease
Hidehiro Takei, Hiroyoshi Suzuki, Adekunle M. Adesina
Section VII: Tumors in the Region of the Pituitary Fossa
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Pituitary Adenomas
Yazgi Koy, Tarik Tihan
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Rare Pituitary Tumors Other Than Adenomas
Yazgi Koy, Tarik Tihan
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Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma
Tarik Tihan
Section VIII: Choroid Plexus Neoplasms
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Choroid Plexus Neoplasms
Christine E. Fuller
Section IX: Pineal-Based Tumors
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Pineal Parenchymal Tumors
Tarik Tihan
Section X: Germ Cell Tumors
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Germ Cell Tumors
Tarik Tihan
Section XI: Paraneoplastic Disorders
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Paraneoplastic Disorders of the Central Nervous System
Christine E. Fuller
Section XII: Tumours of the Hematopoietic System
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Malignant Lymphomas
Adekunle M. Adesina
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Histiocytic Tumors
Abir Mukherjee
Adekunle M. Adesina
Section XIII: Interesting or Challenging Cases and Exercises in Pattern Recognition
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Case Studies
Adekunle M. Adesina, Christine E. Fuller, Lucy Rorke-Adams
