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