title: Papillary tumor of the pineal region and spindle cell oncocytoma of the pituitary: new tumor entities in the 2007 WHO Classification.
abstract: We have reviewed the features of two recently described intracranial tumors, which have been formally recognized as distinct entities by the 2007 WHO Classification of Brain Tumours: Papillary tumor of the pineal region and spindle cell oncocytoma of the pituitary gland. Their salient clinicopathological features, differential diagnosis, histogenetic hypothesis and outcome are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Neuropathology, Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roncaroli
authors.forename: Bernd W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Scheithauer
mesh_terms: D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D010212:Papilloma / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000145:classification*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000145:classification*; D014944:World Health Organization