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Tumors
Lecture 15
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Graduate
04/10/2011

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Term
hx of radiation; ddx?
Definition
schwannoma, meningioma
Term
immunocompromised is a risk factor for what type of cancer?
Definition
lymphoma
Term
hx of trauma increases risk for..?
Definition
meningioma
Term
cerebello-pontine angle tumor; ddx?
Definition
schwannoma, meningioma
Term
temporal lobe cyst with mural nodule; ddx?
Definition
pilocytic astrocytoma, ganglioma
Term
cerebellar cyst with mural nodule; ddx?
Definition
pilocytic astrocytoma, hemangioblastoma
Term
grades of astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma, and pilocytic astrocytoma
Definition
astrocytoma II, anaplastic astrocytoma III, glioblastoma IV, pilocytic astrocytoma I-II
Term
perinecrotic palisading nuclei; dx?
Definition
glioblastoma
Term
GFAP+; dx?
Definition
astrocytoma
Term
Rosenthal fibers; dx?
Definition
pilocytic astrocytoma
Term
primary vs. secondary glioblastoma genetics
Definition
primary: EGFR amplification (chrom7)
secondary: p53 mutation (chrom17)
Term
treatment for pilocytic astrocytoma? for medulloblastoma?
Definition
PA: surgery; medulloblastoma: radiation
Term
calcifications on CT; dx?
Definition
oligodendroglioma
Term
fried eggs and chicken wire on histo; dx?
Definition
oligodendroglioma
Term
indicates sensitivity to chemotherapy in oligodendroglioma
Definition
LOH of 1p and 19q
Term
perivascular pseudorosettes with avascular perinuclear sleeve and true rosettes; dx?
Definition
ependymoma
Term
what tells you a ganglioma is benign on biopsy?
Definition
eosinophilic granular bodies
Term
carrot nuclei, Homer Wright rosettes; dx?
Definition
medulloblastoma
Term
how old are pts with medulloblastoma?
Definition
<16yo
Term
dural tail on CT; dx?
Definition
meningioma
Term
whorling, psammoma bodies; dx? grade?
Definition
meningioma; grade I
Term
cerebello-pontine angle tumor with orphan annie nuclei; dx?
Definition
clear cell meningioma
Term
tinnitus, hearing loss, vertigo; dx?
Definition
schwannoma
Term
pseudorosettes; ddx?
Definition
ependymoma, medulloblastoma
Term
Verocay bodies; dx?
Definition
schwannoma
Term
angiocentricity; dx?
Definition
lymphoma
Term
tropism of metastatic tumors?
Definition
gray-white junctions and deep gray nuclei
Term
what metastasizes to brain?
Definition
lung, breast
Term
optic glioma, cafe au lait spots; dx? chromosome?
Definition
NF1, chrom 17
Term
chromosome 22 mutation
Definition
NF2
Term
ash leaf macules, adenoma sebaceum, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA), renal angiomyolipoma, cardiac rhabdomyoma; dx?
Definition
tuberous sclerosis
Term
other things seen in VHL
Definition
renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblastoma, pancreatic cysts, pheochromocytoma
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