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Table 1 The histological types and frequency of intracranial (including supratentorial and infratentorial) and spinal tumors [n, n (%)]

From: Epidemiological characteristics of central nervous system tumors in children: a 5-year review of 3180 cases from Beijing Tiantan Hospital

Histological types

Intracranial

Spinal

Supratentorial

Infratentorial

Diffuse astrocytoma

118 (3.71)

184 (5.79)

6 (0.19)

Anaplastic astrocytoma

17 (0.53)

23 (0.72)

2 (0.06)

Glioblastoma

61 (1.92)

35 (1.10)

1 (0.03)

Diffuse midline glioma, H3K27M-mutant

4 (0.13)

30 (0.94)

3 (0.09)

Oligodendroglioma

9 (0.28)

2 (0.06)

-

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma

7 (0.22)

4 (0.13)

-

Oligoastrocytoma

37 (1.16)

29 (0.91)

1 (0.03)

Anaplastic oligoastrocytoma

17 (0.53)

16 (0.50)

-

Pilocytic astrocytoma

140 (4.40)

222 (6.98)

8 (0.25)

Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma

28 (0.88)

-

-

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

14 (0.44)

-

-

Subependymoma

1 (0.03)

2 (0.06)

-

Myxopapillary ependymoma

-

-

2 (0.06)

Ependymoma

34 (1.07)

56 (1.76)

9 (0.28)

Anaplastic ependymoma

57 (1.79)

91 (2.86)

2 (0.06)

Astroblastoma

1 (0.03)

-

-

Choroid plexus papilloma

53 (1.67)

11 (0.35)

-

Atypical choroid plexus papilloma

12 (0.38)

3 (0.09)

-

Choroid plexus carcinoma

17 (0.58)

1 (0.03)

-

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor

86 (2.70)

3 (0.09)

-

Gangliocytoma

4 (0.13)

3 (0.09)

2 (0.06)

Ganglioglioma

81 (2.55)

19 (0.60)

5 (0.16)

Anaplastic ganglioglioma

-

1 (0.03)

1 (0.03)

Dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma (Lhermitte-Duclos disease)

-

2 (0.06)

-

Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma and ganglioglioma

8 (0.25)

3 (0.09)

-

Papillary glioneuronal tumor

39 (1.23)

18 (0.57)

-

Central neurocytoma

6 (0.19)

-

-

Extraventricular neurocytoma

5 (0.16)

1 (0.03)

-

Paraganglioma

1 (0.03)

-

-

Mixed glioneuronal tumor

39 (1.23)

17 (0.53)

1 (0.03)

Pineocytoma

2 (0.06)

-

-

Pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation

8 (0.25)

-

-

Pineoblastoma

22 (0.69)

-

-

Papillary tumor of the pineal region

3 (0.09)

-

-

Medulloblastoma

-

437 (13.74)

-

Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes

11 (0.35)

3 (0.09)

1 (0.03)

Medulloepithelioma

-

1 (0.03)

-

CNS neuroblastoma

2 (0.06)

1 (0.03)

-

CNS embryonal tumor, NOS

28 (0.88)

5 (0.16)

2 (0.06)

Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor

8 (0.25)

5 (0.16)

1 (0.03)

CNS embryonal tumor with rhabdoid features

1 (0.03)

-

-

Neurofibroma

1 (0.03)

2 (0.06)

6 (0.19)

Perineurioma

8 (0.25)

30 (0.94)

20 (0.63)

Meningioma

59 (1.86)

1 (0.03)

6 (0.19)

Mesenchymal, non-meningothelial tumors

11 (0.35)

22 (0.69)

20 (0.63)

Lymphomas

6 (0.19)

2 (0.06)

1 (0.03)

Langerhans cell histiocytosis

2 (0.06)

-

-

Germinoma

35 (1.10)

2 (0.06)

-

Non-germinoma germ cell tumors

199 (6.26)

5 (0.16)

14 (0.44)

Craniopharyngioma

472 (14.84)

-

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