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Low-Grade Gliomas

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Low-grade primary brain tumors include those tumors arising from the brain parenchyma, such as astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, ependymomas, subependymomas, choroid plexus papillomas (CPPs), ganglion cell tumors, and neurocytomas. Distinction of histopathologic varieties of primary brain tumors on imaging is based on tumor location and imaging features such as presence of a cyst, contrast enhancement pattern, signal intensity, and presence of calcifications. In this chapter, new imaging modalities which attempt to distinguish high from low-grade tumors are briefly reviewed and the imaging and pathologic characteristics of the low-grade tumors listed above are described.

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