Intra-axial brain tumors

Abstract

There is a wide variety of intra-axial primary and secondary brain neoplasms. Many of them have characteristic imaging features while other tumors can present in a similar fashion. There are peculiar posttreatment imaging phenomena that can present as intra-axial mass-like lesions (such as pseudoprogression or radiation necrosis), further complicating the diagnosis and clinical follow-up of patients with intracerebral tumors. The purpose of this chapter is to present a general overview of the most common intra-axial brain tumors and peculiar posttreatment changes that are very important in the diagnosis and clinical follow-up of patients with brain tumors.

Keywords: astrocytoma; cerebral metastases; choroid plexus tumor; ependymoma; glioblastoma; gliomas; intra-axial brain tumor; medulloblastoma; oligodendroglioma; primitive neuroectodermal tumors.