PMID- 8293185
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19940225
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 1015-6305 (Print)
IS  - 1015-6305 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 3
DP  - 1993 Jul
TI  - The new WHO classification of brain tumours.
PG  - 255-68
AB  - The new edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) book on 'Histological 
      Typing of Tumours of the Central Nervous System' reflects the progress in brain 
      tumour classification which has been achieved since publication of the first 
      edition in 1979. Several new tumour entities have been added, including the 
      pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, central neurocytoma, the infantile desmoplastic 
      astrocytoma/ganglioglioma, and the dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour. The 
      list of histological variants has also been expanded. In line with recent 
      morphological and molecular data on glioma progression, the glioblastoma is now 
      grouped together with astrocytic tumours. The classification of childhood tumours 
      has been largely retained, the diagnosis primitive neuroectodermal tumour (PNET) 
      only being recommended as a generic term for cerebellar medulloblastomas and 
      neoplasms that are histologically indistinguishable from medulloblastoma but 
      located in the CNS at sites other than the cerebellum. The WHO grading scheme was 
      revised and adapted to new entities but its use, as before, remains optional.
FAU - Kleihues, P
AU  - Kleihues P
AD  - Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
FAU - Burger, P C
AU  - Burger PC
FAU - Scheithauer, B W
AU  - Scheithauer BW
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Brain Pathol
JT  - Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland)
JID - 9216781
SB  - IM
MH  - Brain Neoplasms/*classification/*pathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - World Health Organization
RF  - 98
EDAT- 1993/07/01 00:00
MHDA- 1993/07/01 00:01
CRDT- 1993/07/01 00:00
PHST- 1993/07/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1993/07/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1993/07/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1993.tb00752.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Brain Pathol. 1993 Jul;3(3):255-68. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1993.tb00752.x.