Table 1.

The WHO CNS5 groups of tumours

1. Gliomas, glioneuronal and neuronal tumours
2. Choroid plexus tumours
3. Embryonal tumours
4. Pineal tumours
5. Cranial and paraspinal nerve tumours
6. Meningiomas
7. Mesenchymal, non-meningothelial tumours involving the CNS
8. Melanocytic tumours
9. Haematolymphoid tumours involving the CNS
10. Germ cell tumours
11. Tumours of the sellar region
12. Metastases to the CNS
13. Genetic tumour syndromes involving the CNS