Choroid plexus tumor

Choroid plexus tumors are a rare type of cancer that occur in the choroid plexus of the brain.^[1] These tumors usually occur in children younger than 2 years and are classified according to the WHO classification of the tumors of the central nervous system:

References

Sellar:	Craniopharyngioma Pituicytoma

Other:	Pinealoma

Astrocyte	Astrocytoma Pilocytic astrocytoma Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma Fibrillary astrocytoma Anaplastic astrocytoma Glioblastoma multiforme

Oligodendrocyte	Oligodendroglioma

Ependyma	Ependymoma Subependymoma

Choroid plexus	Choroid plexus tumor Choroid plexus papilloma Choroid plexus carcinoma

Multiple/unknown	Oligoastrocytoma Gliomatosis cerebri Gliosarcoma

Mature
neuron

Primitive

Meningiomas
(Meninges)

Note: Not all brain tumors are of nervous tissue, and not all nervous tissue tumors are in the brain (see brain metastasis).

Index of the central nervous system

Description	Anatomy meninges cortex association fibers commissural fibers lateral ventricles basal ganglia diencephalon mesencephalon pons cerebellum medulla spinal cord tracts Physiology neutrotransmission enzymes intermediates Development

Disease	Cerebral palsy Meningitis Demyelinating diseases Seizures and epilepsy Headache Stroke Sleep Congenital Injury Neoplasms and cancer Other paralytic syndromes ALS Symptoms and signs head and neck eponymous lesions Tests CSF

Treatment	Procedures Drugs general anesthetics analgesics addiction epilepsy cholinergics migraine Parkinson's vertigo other

Index of the peripheral nervous system

Description	Anatomy Nerves cranial trigeminal cervical brachial lumbosacral plexus somatosensory spinal autonomic Physiology reflexes proteins neurotransmitters transporters Development neurotrophins

Disease	Autonomic Congenital Injury Neoplasms and cancer Other Symptoms and signs eponymous

Treatment	Procedures Local anesthetics

This article incorporates public domain material from the U.S. National Cancer Institute document "Dictionary of Cancer Terms".