Pathology of Tumours of the Nervous System

Abstract

Incidence pathogenesis and other general aspects experimental tumours of the nervous system tumours of central neuroepithelial origin tumours of specialized tissues of central neuroepithelial origin the growth of dissemination of central neuroepithelial tumours tumours of the meninges and related tissues tumours of the cranial, spinal and peripheral nerve sheaths nervous system involvement by lymphomas, histiocytoses and leukaemias tumours of vascular origin tumours and tumour-like lesions of maldevelopmental origin dysgenetic syndromes (phacomatoses) associated with tumours and hamartomas of the nervous system secondary tumours of the nervous system deformations and other structural changes produced by intercranial tumours effects of radiation and other forms of therapy on intracranial and spinal tumours and their surrounding tissues tumours of peripheral neuroblasts and ganglion cells paragangliomas.