title: Metastatic tumours of the central nervous system - a pathological approach.
abstract: Metastases are the most common tumours of the central nervous system. Histopathological diagnosis remains the most efficient and specific diagnostic procedure that provides the clinician with quick, specific and cost-effective information necessary for the optimal treatment of the patient. Therefore, the pathologist should be acquainted with the potential opportunities to determine the most precise diagnosis in case of metastatic deposits involving the central nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology and Molecular Pathology, Medical University of Gdansk, PL 80-211 Gdansk, Poland. biernat@amg.gda.pl
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Biernat
mesh_terms: D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans