Neuroectodermal tumor

Neuroectodermal tumor
Classification and external resources
Specialty	Oncology
MeSH	D018358

A neuroectodermal tumor is a tumor of the central or peripheral nervous system.

External links

Sellar:	Craniopharyngioma Pituicytoma

Other:	Pinealoma

Astrocyte	Astrocytoma Pilocytic astrocytoma Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma Fibrillary astrocytoma Anaplastic astrocytoma Glioblastoma multiforme

Oligodendrocyte	Oligodendroglioma

Ependyma	Ependymoma Subependymoma

Choroid plexus	Choroid plexus tumor Choroid plexus papilloma Choroid plexus carcinoma

Multiple/unknown	Oligoastrocytoma Gliomatosis cerebri Gliosarcoma

Mature
neuron

Primitive

Meningiomas
(Meninges)

Note: Not all brain tumors are of nervous tissue, and not all nervous tissue tumors are in the brain (see brain metastasis).

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