5. Neoplasms Flashcards
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Types of CNS neoplasms
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- Meningiomas
- Gliomas
- Astrocytoma
- Oligodendroma
- Ependymoma - Tumours of neurons
- Central neurocytoma
- Neuroblastoma (primitive neuroectodermal tumour)
- Medulloblastoma - Primary CNS lymphomas
- Sellar tumours
- Pituitary adenoma
- Craniopharyngioma - Pineal tumours
- Pineocytoma
- Pineoblastoma
- Germ cell tumours of CNS - Peripheral nerve sheath tumours
- Schwannoma (e.g Acoustic neuroma)
- Neurofibroma
- Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours
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Neoplasms differentials by age
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- Children
- Primary tumours > secondary tumours (3:1) - Adults
- Secondary tumours > primary tumours
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Differentials by clinical history
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- Known primary malignancy outside CNS
- Consider secondary metastatic cancer to CNS
- Usually multiple mets, but not always - Immunosuppression (HIV, chemotherapy)
- Consider CNS lymphoma or CNS infection mimicking tumour - Familial syndromes
- Neurofibromatosis-1
- Neurofibromatosis-2
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
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Differentials by sites
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- Meninges
- Meningioma - Intra-/periventricular
- Ependymoma#
- Choroid plexus tumour#
- Neurocytoma (specifically 3rd ventricle) - Midline/sellar region
- Pituitary adenoma
- Cranipharyngioma#
- Germ cell tumours# - Supratentorial
- Neuroblastoma#
- CNS lymphoma
- Gliomas (pilocytic astrocytoma#, glioblastoma multiforme, oligodendroma) - Infratentorial
- Medulloblastoma#
- Gliomas (pilocytic astrocytoma#, glioblastoma multiforme, oligodendroma)
= tumours seen in children
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Features of meningioma
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- Originates from meningothelial cells (cerebral convexities, falx cerebri)
- Location: adherent to meninges
- WHO grade I-III (type I most common)
- Common & slow-growing, may invade skull bone
- Females > males
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Molecular pathogenesis of meningioma
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Loss of 22q (NF-2 gene) - hence seen as one of the
tumours in neurofibromatosis-2
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Morphology of meningioma
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- Grossly: tumour stuck onto meninges
2. Histologically: psammoma bodies
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Types of Gilomas
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- Astrocytoma
- Oligodendroma
- Ependymoma
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Features of astrocytoma
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- Originates from astrocytes
- Location: supra-/infratentorial
- WHO grade I-IV
- Grade I: Pilocytic astrocytoma (seen in children)
- Grade IV: Glioblastoma multiforme (seen in middle-
aged & elderly, very bad prognosis)
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Morphology of astrocytoma
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- [Pilocytic astrocytoma] may have cystic component
- [Glioblastoma multiforme] ‘butterfly tumour’, very aggressive, crosses midline, palisading necrosis, nuclear pleomorphism
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Features of oligodendroma
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- Originates from oligodendrocytes (constitutes 5-25% of all gliomas)
- Location: cerebral cortex
- WHO grade I-III
- Headaches & seizures
- Responds to chemotherapy
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Molecular pathogenesis of oligodendroma
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- Oligodendrocytes → Oligodendroma WHO grade I:
LOH 1p, LOH19q, LOH 4q - Oligodendroma
- WHO grade I → Anaplastic oligodendroma WHO grade III: CDKN2A deletion, CDKN2C mutation/deletion, LOH 9p & 10q
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Morphology of oligodendroma
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Histologically: fried-egg appearance
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Features of epdenymoma
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- Originates from ependymal cells lining ventricular system
- Location: intra-/periventricular
- Can cause hydrocephalus
- Seen in children
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Molecular Pathogenesis of ependymoma
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Some relation to neurofibromatosis-2