Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour

**Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour**
*Classification & external resources*
ICD-O:	9413/0

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour, commonly abbreviated DNT, is a type of brain tumour that arises from the oligodendrocyte, a type of brain cell.

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It falls into Grade I of the WHO classification of brain tumours and, generally, has a good prognosis.^[1]^[2]

Treatment of DNTs is surgical resection.

References

^ Daumas-Duport C, Scheithauer B, Chodkiewicz J, Laws E, Vedrenne C (1988). "Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: a surgically curable tumor of young patients with intractable partial seizures. Report of thirty-nine cases". Neurosurgery 23 (5): 545-56. PMID 3143922.
^ Salah Uddin ABM, Jarmi T. Oligodendroglioma. eMedicine.com. URL: http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic281.htm. Accessed on: April 9, 2007.

v • d • e Nervous tissue tumors (ICD-O 9350-9589)
Miscellaneous tumors (9350-9379)	Craniopharyngioma - Pinealoma - Chordoma
Glioma (9380-9489)	Gliomatosis cerebri - Oligoastrocytoma - Choroid plexus papilloma - Ependymoma - Astrocytoma (Pilocytic astrocytoma, Glioblastoma multiforme) - Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour - Oligodendroglioma - Medulloblastoma - Primitive neuroectodermal tumor
Neuroepitheliomatous (9490-9529)	Ganglioneuroma - Neuroblastoma - Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor - Retinoblastoma - Esthesioneuroblastoma
Meningiomas (9530-9539)	Meningioma
Nerve sheath tumor (9540-9579)	Neurofibroma (Neurofibrosarcoma, Neurofibromatosis) - Schwannoma - Neurinoma - Acoustic neuroma - Neuroma
see also brain tumors (though not all brain tumors are of nervous tissue)