distribution

Last reviewed 01/2018

  • cerebral hemispheres:
    • extrinsic - meningioma, cysts (dermoid, epidermoid, arachnoid)
    • intrinsic - astrocytoma, glioblastoma, oligodendroglioma, primary lymphoma, metastasis

  • hypothalamus:
    • astrocytoma

  • sellar/suprasellar region:
    • pituitary adenoma, craniopharyngioma, meningioma, optic nerve glioma, cysts (dermoid, epidermoid)

  • skull base and sinuses:
    • carcinomatous meningitis, chordoma, glomus, osteoma

  • ventricular system:
    • colloid cyst, choroid plexus papilloma, ependymoma, germinoma, teratoma, meningioma

  • pineal region:
    • ependymoma, germinoma, teratoma, meningioma, pineal cytoma / blastoma, astrocytoma

  • posterior fossa:
    • extrinsic - trigeminal and acoustic neuroma, meningioma, cysts (dermoid, epidermoid, arachnoid), metastasis
    • intrinsic - metastases, haemangioblastoma, medulloblastoma, astrocytoma