Russell & Rubinstein's Pathology of Tumors of the Nervous System

Book title......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 12
Preface......Page 18
Acknowledgements......Page 20
List of abbreviations used......Page 22
1 Classification of tumors of the nervous system: an historical annotation......Page 26
2 Epidemiology of brain tumors: incidence, survival, and risk factors......Page 36
3 Nervous system tumors and atomic bomb experience of Hiroshima and Nagasaki......Page 76
4 Diffuse astrocytoma......Page 82
5 Anaplastic astrocytoma......Page 100
6 Astrocytoma of the brainstem......Page 114
7 Astrocytoma of the spinal cord......Page 122
8 Glioblastoma......Page 128
9 Pilocytic astrocytoma and pilomyxoid astrocytoma......Page 156
10 Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma......Page 172
11 Astroblastoma......Page 182
12 Oligodendroglioma......Page 192
13 Anaplastic oligodendroglioma and mixed glioma......Page 212
14 Ependymoma, subependymoma, and myxopapillary ependymoma......Page 226
15 Monomorphous angiocentric glioma/angiocentric neuroepithelial tumor......Page 248
16 Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle......Page 254
17 Choroid plexus tumor......Page 260
18 Medulloblastoma......Page 272
19 Cerebellar liponeurocytoma......Page 290
20 Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor......Page 296
21 Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy......Page 302
22 Olfactory neuroblastoma......Page 306
23 Medulloepithelioma......Page 312
24 Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor: neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroblastoma, malignant neuroblastic-glial tumor and ependymoblastoma......Page 316
25 Ganglion cell tumors: gangliocytoma, ganglioglioma and anaplastic ganglioglioma......Page 330
26 Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma/desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma......Page 346
27 Extraventricular neurocytomas and unconventional glioneuronal tumors......Page 358
28 Central neurocytoma......Page 376
29 Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor......Page 392
30 Dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum (Lhermitte–Duclos disease)......Page 404
31 Hypothalamic neuronal hamartoma......Page 416
32 Paraganglioma of the spine and skull base......Page 426
33 Tumors of pineal parenchymal and glial cells......Page 438
34 Meningiomas......Page 452
35 Solitary fibrous tumors......Page 500
36 Primary meningeal sarcoma......Page 504
37 Hemangiopericytoma......Page 508
38 Capillary hemangioblastoma......Page 514
39 Cerebral sarcoma......Page 534
40 Rhabdomyosarcoma and leiomyosarcoma......Page 546
41 Angiosarcoma and Kaposi\'s sarcoma......Page 554
42 Hemangioendothelioma......Page 560
43 Meningeal melanocytoma, neurocutaneous melanosis and primary meningeal melanoma......Page 566
44 Germ cell tumors......Page 576
45 Totipotential cells of the distal spinal cord......Page 604
46 Dermoid cyst, epidermoid cyst, and dermal sinus......Page 608
47 Intracranial cysts of endodermal or respiratory epithelial origin......Page 616
48 Lipomas and rare lipomatous tumors......Page 624
49 Arachnoid cyst......Page 632
50 Neuroepithelial cysts of the IV ventricle and extraventricular ependymal cysts......Page 636
51 Ectopias and hamartomas......Page 638
52 Tumors of the retina......Page 648
53 Gliomas of the optic nerve and chiasm......Page 676
54 Neoplasms of the sellar region......Page 688
55 Chordoma and related lesions, chondrosarcoma and osteosarcoma of the cranium......Page 790
56 Primary tumors of cranial, spinal and peripheral nerves......Page 812
57 Nervous system involvement by lymphoma, leukemia, and other hematopoietic cell proliferations......Page 862
58 Neurofibromatosis type 1......Page 928
59 Neurofibromatosis type 2......Page 942
60 von Hippel–Lindau disease......Page 956
61 Li–Fraumeni syndrome and the p53 tumor suppressor pathway......Page 966
62 Neuropathologic features of tuberous sclerosis......Page 980
63 PTEN hamartomatous tumor syndromes......Page 996
64 Nevoid basal cell carcinoma (Gorlin) syndrome......Page 1004
65a: Hereditary colorectal cancer and brain tumor syndromes......Page 1018
65b: Brain tumor–polyposis (BTP) syndrome......Page 1028
66 Metastases......Page 1036
Appendix I: Invasion and metastasis......Page 1048
Appendix II: Molecular biology and genetic models of glioma and medulloblastoma......Page 1064
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B......Page 1120
C......Page 1121
E......Page 1126
F......Page 1128
G......Page 1129
H......Page 1132
I......Page 1134
L......Page 1136
M......Page 1137
N......Page 1142
O......Page 1145
P......Page 1146
R......Page 1149
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T......Page 1154
V......Page 1156
Z......Page 1157