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==== Primary ==== [[File:Meningioma of the sagittal sinus isolated.jpg|thumb|Meningioma of the middle third of the sagittal sinus with large [[hyperostosis]]]] The most common primary brain tumors are:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Meningiomas: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcome| vauthors = Park BJ, Kim HK, Sade B, Lee JH |publisher=Springer|year=2009|isbn=978-1-84882-910-7| veditors = Lee JH |page=11|chapter=Epidemiology}} </ref> * [[Gliomas]]<ref name=aans>{{cite web |title=Brain Tumors β Classifications, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments |url=https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Brain-Tumors |website=aans.org |access-date=29 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> (50.4%) * [[Meningiomas]]<ref name=aans/> (20.8%) * [[Pituitary adenomas]]<ref name=aans/> (15%) * [[Nerve sheath tumors]] (10%) These common tumors can also be organized according to tissue of origin as shown below:<ref name="AANS 41723ct">{{cite web|url=http://www.aans.org/en/Media/Classifications-of-Brain-Tumors|title=Classifications of Brain Tumors|website=AANS|publisher=American Association of Neurological Surgeons|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424085734/http://www.aans.org/en/Media/Classifications-of-Brain-Tumors|archive-date=24 April 2017|url-status=live|access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Tissue of origin ! Children !! Adults |- |[[Astrocytes]]||[[Pilocytic astrocytoma|Pilocytic Astrocytoma]] (PCA) ||[[Glioblastoma]] |- |[[Oligodendrocytes]]|| ||[[Oligodendroglioma]] |- |[[Ependyma]]||[[Ependymoma]]|| |- |[[Neurons]]||[[Medulloblastoma]]|| |- |[[Meninges]]|| ||[[Meningioma]] |}
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