Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors edited by Adekunle M. Adesina, Tarik Tihan, Christine E. Fuller, Tina Young Poussaint.

This text was created to fill a void in the practice of pediatric neuropathology. It is a practical and well-illustrated book representing a collection of interesting, common and unusual tumors for a diagnostic exercise by the reader. The wide reception of the first edition by the pathology communit...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Adesina, Adekunle M. (Editor), Tihan, Tarik (Editor), Fuller, Christine E. (Editor), Poussaint, Tina Young (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:2nd ed. 2016.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and Overview of Brain Tumors
  • Pilocytic Astrocytoma and Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma
  • Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma
  • Infiltrative Astrocytomas (Diffuse Astrocytoma, Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma)
  • Oligodendroglial Tumors
  • Ependymal Tumors
  • Central Nervous System Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors (PNETs) and Medulloepithelioma
  • Medulloblastoma
  • Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor
  • Meningioma
  • Hemangiopericytoma and Other Mesenchymal Tumors
  • Melanocytic Lesions
  • Hemangioblastoma
  • Schwannoma
  • Neurofibroma
  • Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
  • Desmoplastic Infantile Astrocytoma and Ganglioglioma
  • Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor
  • Gangliocytoma and Ganglioglioma
  • Central Neurocytoma and Extraventricular Neurocytoma
  • Papillary Glioneuronal Tumor
  • Rosette-Forming Glioneuronal Tumor of the Fourth Ventricle
  • Malignant Epithelioid Glioneuronal Tumor
  • Paraganglioma
  • Neurofibromatosis 1
  • Neurofibromatosis 2
  • Von Hippel-Lindau Disease
  • Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
  • Lhermitte-Duclos Disease and Cowden Disease
  • Pituitary Adenomas
  • Rare Pituitary Tumors Other Than Adenomas
  • Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma
  • Choroid Plexus Neoplasms
  • Pineal Parenchymal Tumors
  • Germ Cell Tumors
  • Paraneoplastic Disorders of the Central Nervous System
  • Malignant Lymphomas
  • Histiocytic Tumors.