Appendix 4: Grading of selected central nervous system tumours (WHO 2016 classification)

Adapted from: Louis DN, Perry A, Reifenberger G et al (2016). The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary. Acta Neuropathologica. 2016;131(6):803–20.

Diffuse astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumours
Tumour Grade
Diffuse astrocytoma, IDH-mutant
II
Anaplastic astrocytoma, IDH-mutant
III
Glioblastoma, IDH-wildtype
IV
Glioblastoma, IDH-mutant
IV
Diffuse midline glioma, H3K27M-mutant
IV
Oligodendroglioma, IDH-mutant and 1p/19q-codeleted
II
Anaplastic oligodendroglioma, IDH-mutant and 1p/19q-codeleted
III

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Other astrocytic tumours
Tumour Grade
Pilocytic astrocytoma
I
Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
I
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
II
Anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
III

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Ependymal tumours
Tumour Grade
Subependymoma
I
Myxopapillary ependymoma
I
Ependymoma
II
Ependymoma, RELA fusion-positive
II and III
Anaplastic ependymoma
III

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Other gliomas
Tumour Grade
Angiocentric glioma
I
Chordoid glioma of third ventricle
II

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Choroid plexus tumours
Tumour Grade
Choroid plexus papilloma
I
Atypical choroid plexus papilloma
II
Choroid plexus carcinoma
III

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Tumours of the pineal region
Tumour Grade
Pineocytoma
I
Pineal parenchymal tumour of intermediate differentiation
II and III
Pineoblastoma
IV
Papillary tumour of the pineal region
II and III

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Meningiomas
Tumour Grade
Meningioma
I
Atypical meningioma
II
Anaplastic (malignant) meningioma
III

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Embryonal tumours
Tumour Grade
Medulloblastoma (all subtypes)
IV
Embryonal tumour with multi-layered rosettes, C19MC-altered
IV
Medulloepithelioma
IV
CNS embryonal tumour, NOS
IV
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumour
IV
CNS embryonal tumour with rhabdoid features
IV

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Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumours
Tumour Grade
Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour
I
Gangliocytoma
I
Ganglioglioma
I
Anaplastic ganglioglioma
III
Dysplastic gangliocytoma of cerebellum (Lhermitte–Duclos)
I
Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma and ganglioglioma
I
Papillary glioneuronal tumour
I
Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumour
I
Central neurocytoma
II
Extraventricular neurocytoma
II
Cerebellar liponeurocytoma
II

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Tumours of the cranial and paraspinal nerves
Tumour Grade
Schwannoma
I
Neurofibroma
I
Perineurioma
I
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST)
II, III and IV

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Mesenchymal, non-meningothelial tumours
Tumour Grade
Solitary fibrous tumour/haemangiopericytoma
I, II and III
Haemangioblastoma
I

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Tumours of the sellar region
Tumour Grade
Craniopharyngioma
I
Granular cell tumour
I
Pituicytoma
I
Spindle cell oncocytoma
I

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Last updated in TD-DSG Edition 203 Release 34 (30 September 2019)