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.
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- Diffuse astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumours
- Other astrocytic tumours
- Ependymal tumours
- Other gliomas
- Choroid plexus tumours
- Tumours of the pineal region
- Meningiomas
- Embryonal tumours
- Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumours
- Tumours of the cranial and paraspinal nerves
- Mesenchymal, non-meningothelial tumours
- Tumours of the sellar region
| 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
|
| Tumour | Grade |
|---|---|
|
Pilocytic astrocytoma
|
I
|
|
Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
|
I
|
|
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
|
II
|
|
Anaplastic pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
|
III
|
| Tumour | Grade |
|---|---|
|
Subependymoma
|
I
|
|
Myxopapillary ependymoma
|
I
|
|
Ependymoma
|
II
|
|
Ependymoma, RELA fusion-positive
|
II and III
|
|
Anaplastic ependymoma
|
III
|
| Tumour | Grade |
|---|---|
|
Angiocentric glioma
|
I
|
|
Chordoid glioma of third ventricle
|
II
|
| Tumour | Grade |
|---|---|
|
Choroid plexus papilloma
|
I
|
|
Atypical choroid plexus papilloma
|
II
|
|
Choroid plexus carcinoma
|
III
|
| Tumour | Grade |
|---|---|
|
Pineocytoma
|
I
|
|
Pineal parenchymal tumour of intermediate differentiation
|
II and III
|
|
Pineoblastoma
|
IV
|
|
Papillary tumour of the pineal region
|
II and III
|
| Tumour | Grade |
|---|---|
|
Meningioma
|
I
|
|
Atypical meningioma
|
II
|
|
Anaplastic (malignant) meningioma
|
III
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Tumour | Grade |
|---|---|
|
Schwannoma
|
I
|
|
Neurofibroma
|
I
|
|
Perineurioma
|
I
|
|
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST)
|
II, III and IV
|
| Tumour | Grade |
|---|---|
|
Solitary fibrous tumour/haemangiopericytoma
|
I, II and III
|
|
Haemangioblastoma
|
I
|
| Tumour | Grade |
|---|---|
|
Craniopharyngioma
|
I
|
|
Granular cell tumour
|
I
|
|
Pituicytoma
|
I
|
|
Spindle cell oncocytoma
|
I
|
Last updated in TD-DSG Edition 203 Release 34 (30 September 2019)