Nervous system neoplasm

Medical condition

System of nervous neoplasm
Specialty	Neurosurgery, oncology

A nervous system neoplasm is a tumor affecting the nervous system.^[1] Types include:

Nerve sheath tumor
Brain tumor
Arachnoid cyst
Optic nerve glioma

References

^ "neoplasm of the central nervous system (Concept Id: C0085136) - MedGen - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

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Overview of tumors, cancer and oncology

Conditions

Benign tumors	Hyperplasia Cyst Pseudocyst Hamartoma
Malignant progression	Dysplasia Carcinoma in situ Cancer Metastasis Primary tumor Sentinel lymph node
Topography	Head and 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

Staging/grading

Misc.

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Tumours of the nervous system

Sellar:	Craniopharyngioma Pituicytoma
Other:	Pinealoma

Neuroepithelial
(brain tumors,
spinal tumors)

Astrocyte	Astrocytoma Pilocytic astrocytoma Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma Fibrillary astrocytoma Anaplastic astrocytoma Glioblastoma
Oligodendrocyte	Oligodendroglioma Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
Ependyma	Ependymoma Subependymoma
Choroid plexus	Choroid plexus tumor Choroid plexus papilloma Choroid plexus carcinoma
Multiple/unknown	Oligoastrocytoma Gliomatosis cerebri Gliosarcoma

Mature
neuron

CNS embryonal tumors

Primary central nervous system lymphoma

Neuroblastoma
- Esthesioneuroblastoma
- Ganglioneuroblastoma
Nerve sheath tumor
Cranial and paraspinal nerves
- Neurofibroma
- Neurofibromatosis
Neurilemmoma/Schwannoma
- Acoustic neuroma
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor

Other

WHO classification of the tumors of the central nervous system

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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