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==Overview==
==Overview==
Oligodendroglioma must be differentiated from:
==Differentiating Oligodendroglioma from other Diseases==
==Differentiating Oligodendroglioma from other Diseases==
===Microscopic Appearance===
Oligodendroglioma must be differentiated from:
 
Oligodendrogliomas cannot currently be differentiated from other brain lesions solely by their clinical or radiographic appearance.  As such, a brain [[biopsy]] is the only method of definitive diagnosis.  Oligodendrogliomas recapitulate the appearance of the normal resident [[oligodendroglia]] of the brain.  (Their name derives from the Greek roots 'oligo' meaning “ few” and 'dendro' meaning “trees”.)  They are generally composed of cells with small to slightly enlarged round nuclei with dark, compact nuclei and a small amount of eosinophilic cytoplasm.  They are often referred to as "fried egg" cells due to their histologic appearance. They appear as a monotonous population of mildly enlarged round cells infiltrating normal brain parenchyma and producing vague nodules.  Although the tumor may appear to be vaguely circumscribed, it is by definition a diffusely infiltrating tumor.     
Oligodendrogliomas cannot currently be differentiated from other brain lesions solely by their clinical or radiographic appearance.  As such, a brain [[biopsy]] is the only method of definitive diagnosis.  Oligodendrogliomas recapitulate the appearance of the normal resident [[oligodendroglia]] of the brain.  (Their name derives from the Greek roots 'oligo' meaning “ few” and 'dendro' meaning “trees”.)  They are generally composed of cells with small to slightly enlarged round nuclei with dark, compact nuclei and a small amount of eosinophilic cytoplasm.  They are often referred to as "fried egg" cells due to their histologic appearance. They appear as a monotonous population of mildly enlarged round cells infiltrating normal brain parenchyma and producing vague nodules.  Although the tumor may appear to be vaguely circumscribed, it is by definition a diffusely infiltrating tumor.     



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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

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Oligodendroglioma must be differentiated from:

Differentiating Oligodendroglioma from other Diseases

Oligodendroglioma must be differentiated from:

Oligodendrogliomas cannot currently be differentiated from other brain lesions solely by their clinical or radiographic appearance. As such, a brain biopsy is the only method of definitive diagnosis. Oligodendrogliomas recapitulate the appearance of the normal resident oligodendroglia of the brain. (Their name derives from the Greek roots 'oligo' meaning “ few” and 'dendro' meaning “trees”.) They are generally composed of cells with small to slightly enlarged round nuclei with dark, compact nuclei and a small amount of eosinophilic cytoplasm. They are often referred to as "fried egg" cells due to their histologic appearance. They appear as a monotonous population of mildly enlarged round cells infiltrating normal brain parenchyma and producing vague nodules. Although the tumor may appear to be vaguely circumscribed, it is by definition a diffusely infiltrating tumor.

Classically they tend to have a vasculature of finely branching capillaries that may take on a “chicken wire” appearance . When invading grey matter structures such as cortex, the neoplastic oligodendrocytes tend to cluster around neurons exhibiting a phenomenon referred to as “perineuronal satellitosis”. Oligodendrogliomas may invade preferentially around vessels or under the pial surface of the brain.

Oligodendrogliomas must be differentiated from the more common astrocytoma. Non-classical variants and combined tumors of both oligodendroglioma and astrocytoma differentiation are seen, making this distinction controversial between different neuropathology groups. In the US, in general, neuropathologists trained on the West Coast are more liberal in the diagnosis of oligodendroliomas than either East Coast or Midwest trained neuropathologists who render the diagnosis of oligodendroglioma for only classic variants. Molecular diagnostics may make this differentiation obsolete in the future.

Other glial and glioneuronal tumors with which they are often confused due to their monotonous round cell appearance include pilocytic astrocytoma, central neurocytoma, the so-called dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor, or occasionally ependymoma.

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