title: Central nervous system tumors.
abstract: In this article the authors deal with the morphology of primary tumors of the central nervous system and its coverings. The discussion includes astrocytoma variants/glioblastoma, ependymoma and its variants, subependymoma, choroid plexus papilloma and carcinoma, embryonal CNS tumors, neuronal neoplasms, meningioma, dural hemangiopericytoma (angioblastic mengioma), and hemangioblastoma.
mesh_terms: D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005910:Glioma / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008579:Meningioma / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000648:ultrastructure*