Tumors of The Central Nervous SystemPDF电子书下载

INTRODUCTION 7

Symptoms 9

Edema of the Brain 9

Special Stains 11

Malignancy of Central Nervous System Tumors 11

Metastatic Brain Tumors 12

Spinal Cord Tumors 13

TUMORS OF NERVOUS TISSUE 17

Gliomas 17

Introduction 17

Gliomas of the Aqueduct of Sylvius 18

Meningeal Gliomatosis 20

Heterotopias and Extramedullary Gliomas 21

Astrocytomas 22

Astrocytoma,Grade 1 (fibrillary and protoplasmic astrocytomas) 26

Astrocytoma,Grade 2 (astroblastoma) 32

Astrocytoma,Grades 3 and 4 (glioblastoma multiforme) 33

Ependymomas 43

Histologic Types of Ependymomas 46

Ependymoma,Grade 1 58

Ependymoma,Grade 2 59

Ependymoma,Grade 3 59

Ependymoma,Grade 4 59

Oligodendrogliomas 59

Oligodendroglioma 60

Oligodendroglioblastoma 66

Medulloblastoma 66

Neuroastrocytoma 73

Subependymal Glioma 76

Neurilemoma 76

Von Recklinghausen＇s Disease 84

TUMORS OF MESENCHYMAL TISSUE 85

Blood Vessel Tumors 85

Angiomatous Malformations 85

Angioblastomas 92

Sarcomas 93

Lipomas 96

MENINGIOMAS 97

TUMORS OF DEVELOPMENTAL DEFECTS 118

Paraphyseal Cyst 118

Chordoma 118

Dermoid and Epidermoid Tumors 122

TUMORS OF THE PINEAL BODY (Originally planned as Fascicle 37) 125

Pinealomas 125

Teratoma 128