Nervous system neoplasm

Nervous system neoplasm
Classification and external resources
Specialty	oncology
ICD-10	C69-C72 D31-D33
MeSH	D009423

A nervous system neoplasm is a tumor affecting the nervous system. Types include:

Conditions

Benign tumors	Hyperplasia Cyst Pseudocyst Hamartoma
Malignant progression	Dysplasia Carcinoma in situ Cancer Metastasis Primary tumor Sentinel lymph node
Topography	Head/Neck (Oral, Nasopharyngeal) Digestive system Respiratory system Bone Skin Blood Urogenital Nervous system Endocrine system
Histology	Carcinoma Sarcoma Blastoma Papilloma Adenoma
Other	Precancerous condition Paraneoplastic syndrome

Misc.

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).

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