1. Adult Primary Brain Neoplasm, Including 2016 World Health Organization Classification
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Christie M. Lincoln, Kevin Yuqi Wang, and Melissa M. Chen
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Adult ,Solitary fibrous tumor ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Central nervous system ,Classification scheme ,World Health Organization ,World health ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Brain Neoplasms ,business.industry ,Brain ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Mr imaging ,Lymphoma ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Cns neoplasms ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Neurology (clinical) ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business ,Brain neoplasm ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) central nervous system (CNS) classification scheme incorporated molecular parameters in addition to traditional microscopic features for the first time. Molecular markers add a level of objectivity that was previously missing for tumor categories heavily dependent on microscopic observation for pathologic diagnosis. This article provides a brief discussion of the major 2016 updates to the WHO CNS classification scheme and reviews typical MR imaging findings of adult primary CNS neoplasms, including diffuse infiltrating gliomas, ependymal tumors, neuronal/glioneuronal tumors, pineal gland tumors, meningiomas, nerve sheath tumors, solitary fibrous tumors, and lymphoma.
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- 2021