Classification of CNS tumors

1) Glial tumors
a) Astrocytoma
i) Pilocytic astrocytoma ( grade 1)
ii) Fibrillary astrocytoma (grade 2)
iii) Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (grade 2)
iv) Gemistocytic astrocytoma (grade 3)
v) Anaplastic astrocytoma (grade 3)
vi) Glioblastoma multiforme (grade 4)
b) Oligodendroglial tumors
i) Oligodendroglioma
ii) Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
c) Ependymal tumors
i) Ependymoma
ii) Anaplastic ependymoma
iii) Myxopapillary ependymoma ( in filum turbinate)
2) Neuronal tumors
a) Neurocytoma
b) Neuroblastoma
c) Ganglioglioma
3) Choroid plexus tumors
a) Choroid plexus papilloma
b) Choroid plexus carcinoma
4) Embryonal/ Poorly differentiated tumors
a) Medulloblastoma
b) Neuroblastoma
c) Retinoblastoma
5) Cranial nerve tumor
a) Schwannoma
b) Neurofibroma
c) Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor
6) Meningeal tumors
a) Benign
i) Papillary tumor
ii) Calcified tumor
iii) Syncitial tumor
b) Malignant
 i) Anaplastic meningioma
7) Pituitary gland tumor
a) Pituitary adenoma
b) Pituitary carcinoma
c) Craniopharyngioma
8) CNS lymphoma
a) Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
i) Diffuse large cell tumor
9) Germ cell tumors
a) Yolk sac tumor
b) Choriocarcinoma
c) Seminoma
d) Teratoma
10) Mesenchymal tumors
a) Lipoma
b) Chondrosarcoma
c) Rhabdomyosarcoma
d) Hemangioma
e) Leiomyosarcoma
11) Metastatic tumors
From any primary site