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Brain Tumors
Classification and Biology of Brain Tumors
M.R.Ehsaei M.DM.R.Ehsaei M.D
Department of Neurosurgery of Department of Neurosurgery of MUMSMUMS
Methods for Tissue Sampling and Study
Open BiopsyNeedle BiopsyFrozen SectionImmunohistochemistryElectron MicroscopyCytologyCytogenetic and Molecular Biological StudiesQuantitation of Cell Proliferation
Open Biopsy. For lesions that are favorably situated, open
cerebral resection can provide a true total resection of the tumor
for which classification and grading are of academic interest.
Needle Biopsy. The size of such specimens ranges from small
fragments or only scattered cells when a thin needle is used to more substantial tissue fragments when a
large, hollow core needle with a cutting side port is employed.
Frozen Section. Frozen sections of open or needle biopsy
specimens provide a means to ensure that adequate material is
obtained or to establish a specific histological diagnosis.
Immunohistochemistry. As it has for pathological diagnoses for other organ systems, immunohistochemistry has
had a major impact on operative pathology of the nervous system. This
technique is employed to recognize antigens on or within neoplastic cells
by immunofluorescence or, more commonly, by the immunoperoxidase
method, which can be used on paraffin-embedded material.
S-100 is a soluble protein found within the cytoplasm and nuclei
of cells of the central and peripheral nervous system. It is expressed strongly in Schwann
cells and is useful in establishing this cellular origin
for acoustic and spinal schwannomas.
The strong S-100 staining of melanocytes is also helpful in
identifying amelanotic metastatic malignant melanomas. Other
applications of immunohistochemistry include the characterization of germ cell neoplasms in the pineal region,
characterization of the hormones produced by pituitary adenomas, and differentiation in medulloblastomas
Cytogenetic and Molecular Biological Studies. There is increasing interest in
the chromosomal abnormalities of human neoplasms because of the possibility that such changes are
related etiologically to the neoplasms by means of certain oncogenes and
tumor suppressor genes.
Quantitation of Cell Proliferation. The estimate of a neoplasm's proliferative potential is done inferentially by study
of the cytological characteristics of the cells or more directly by
determination of a mitotic index. A monoclonal antibody, MIB-1,
recognizes the same antigen as Ki-67 but retains strong reactivity in paraffin
sections (Fig. 113-1).
Clinicopathological Entities
FIBROUS DYSPLASIA
Fibrous dysplasia is a disorder of unknown etiology that usually is
manifested as an enlargement of the bones in and about the orbit.
Occasionally, more discrete lesions appear as isolated osteolytic areas in
the cranial vault. The natural history of fibrous dysplasia has not been studied
in detail; many lesions stabilize in adolescence.
CHORDOMAThe chordoma is a destructive neoplasm generally arising at either end of the axial
skeleton, in the clivus or the sacrum. Evidence indicates that the lesion originates from notochordal nests, which are frequently
observed in the clivus, although it is not clear why these neoplasms are not more common along the thoracic and lumbar spine, where
these same nests are frequently encountered in the center of the intervertebral discs.
Chordomas in the clivus are often situated somewhat off the midline and can produce
unilateral cranial nerve deficits.
LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a uni- or multifocal disorder of bone or soft tissue, or
both, that most often comes to neurosurgical attention as a lytic lesion of
the skull. The common solitary lesion of the skull is known as an eosinophilic granuloma, and the multiple lesions of the skull that are often associated with diabetes insipidus are
part of the Hand-Schüller-Christian syndrome (Fig. 113-2). Extensive
involvement of soft tissue characterizes the historical but ill-defined entity of Letterer-
Siwe disease.
The common solitary lesion of bone is a benign condition responding to
radiation therapy. The multifocal lesions of the base of the skull are in
many cases also cured by irradiation, although they may be
associated with variable morbidity.
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Histologically, the lesions are distinctive because of the mixture of
histiocytes (Langerhans cells), lymphocytes, and eosinophils (Fig.
113-3). In some cases, the histiocytes are engorged with fat, and the lesions
are macroscopically yellow. The Langerhans cells have markedly
convoluted nuclei and, by electron microscopy, contain the distinctive
Birbeck granule diagnostic of this cell type (Fig. 113-4).
CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA
The craniopharyngioma is a radiographically discrete,
calcified, often cystic neoplasm that is seen most frequently in
childhood. A noncalcified lesion with a slightly different
histological pattern is usually seen in adults
Microscopically, cells anastomose in ribbons to produce the adamantinomatous pattern (Fig. 113-5). Keratinized nodules, seen as
white flecks with the naked eye or operating microscope, are also typical. During
resection, pieces of the floor of the third ventricle can be avulsed, and microscopic
study often reveals infiltration of the neoplastic cells. It is not surprising that total excision is difficult and that late recurrences
can occur. The recurrent lesion is more widely adherent to local structures and is
difficult or impossible to remove.
The histological pattern of the craniopharyngioma seen most frequently in adults has been
termed a "papillary craniopharyngioma" or
"suprasellar squamous papillary epithelioma" (Fig. 113-6)
MENINGIOMA