Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors

Recent evidence indicates that the physiology and response to various drugs in the pediatric population is different from that of the adult and must be appreciated to be able to fully address the health needs of the pediatric population. This atlas will cover such areas as neuroimaging, the use of crush and touch preps during introperative consultation, classic histological features of brain tumors, tumor variants and a miscellaneous group of challenging tumors. TOC:Pilocytic astrocytoma and Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma.- Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma.- Infiltrative Astrocytomas.- Oligodendroglial tumors.- Ependymal tumors.- Central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) and medulloepithelioma.- Medulloblastoma.- Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor.- Meningioma.- Hemangiopericytoma and other mesenchymal, non-meningothelial tumors.- Melanocytic lesions.- Hemangioblastoma.- Schwannoma.- Neurofibroma.- Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.- Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma and ganglioglioma.- Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor.- Ganglioglioma and gangliocytoma.- Central neurocytoma and extraventricular neurocytoma.- Papillary glioneuronal tumor.- Rosette forming glioneuronal tumor of the 4th ventricle.- Malignant epithelioid glioneuronal tumor.- Paraganglioma.- Neurofibromatosis 1.- Neurofibromatosis 2.- Von-Hippel Lindau Disease.- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.- L'hermitte-Duclos Disease and Cowden disease.- Pituitary Tumors.- Craniopharyngioma.- Choroid plexus neoplasms.- Pineal parenchymal tumors.- Germ cell tumors.- Paraneoplastic disorders of the central nervous system.- Malignant lymphomas.- Histiocytic tumors.- Case studies