Tissue
|
Cell of Origin
|
Tumour designation
|
Neuroectoderm
|
Embryonic/Primitive cell
|
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- cerebellum
|
Medulloblastoma (E)
|
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- cerebrum
|
PNET (E)
|
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- retina
|
Retinoblastoma
|
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- pineal
|
Pineoblastoma
|
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Glial cell (not otherwise specified)
|
Glioma (NOS) (E)
|
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astrocyte - well differentiated
|
Astrocytoma (fibrillary & pilocytic) (E)
|
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astrocyte - mod. differentiated
|
Anaplastic/malignant astrocytoma (E)
|
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Oligodendrocyte
|
Oligodendroglioma (E)
|
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Ependymal cell
|
Ependymoma (E)
|
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Undifferentiated "glial" cell
|
Glioblastoma (E)
|
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Mixture of poorly differentiated cells
|
Malignant, mixed glioma (E)
|
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Neurones - "mature"
|
Neurocytoma & gangliocytoma
|
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- "immature"
|
Neuroblastoma
|
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Choroid plexus - well differentiated
|
Choroid plexus papilloma
|
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- poorly differentiated
|
Choroid plexus carcinoma
|
Mesenchyme
|
Meningothelial cells
|
Meningioma (E)
|
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Blood vessels
|
Hemangioblastoma (E)
|
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Pericytes
|
Hemangiopericytoma
|
Germ cells
|
Single component
|
Germinoma
|
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Two or more components
|
Teratoma
|
Developmental
|
Paraphyseal remnannts or Endoderm
|
Colloid cyst
|
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Rhathke's cleft
|
Craniopharyngioma (E)
|
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Epithelium
|
Epidermal & Dermoid cyst
|
Glandular epithelium
|
Anterior pituitary cells
|
Adenoma (E)
|
Miscellaneous
|
Lymphoreticular cells
|
Lymphoma (microglioma) (E)
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