Across
- 3. palisading nuclei forming Verocay bodies
- 6. rare glial tumor with perivascular pseudorosettes
- 8. variation in size and shape of tumor cells
- 9. histological pattern seen in schwannoma
- 10. gelatinous stromal background microscopically
- 11. rosettes seen in medulloblastoma
- 12. tumor arising from pineal gland cells
- 15. malignant tumor from notochordal remnants at skull base
- 18. tumor growth along nerve fibers
- 19. diffuse invasion into surrounding brain tissue
- 20. endothelial proliferation seen in glioblastoma
Down
- 1. primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the CNS
- 2. well circumscribed tumor border
- 4. mixed neuronal glial tumor often associated with epilepsy
- 5. laminated calcified bodies in meningioma
- 7. malignant tumor of lymphoid cells commonly periventricular
- 13. vascular cell proliferation in malignant tumors
- 14. fibrous tissue response around tumor
- 16. secondary tumor spread from systemic malignancy
- 17. abnormal nuclear morphology indicating malignancy