Brain test

Question 1

what brain neoplasms are potentially fatal

Answer 1

benign brain neoplasm, metastatic brain cancer, secondary brain cancer, and primary brain cancer

Question 2

what is most common lesion of brain

Answer 2

metastatic brain cancer

Question 3

what is most common primary brain tumor

Answer 3

astrocytoma

Question 4

what is most aggressive brain tumor

Answer 4

medulloblastoma

Question 5

what lesions are most often malignant

Answer 5

astrocytoma, and medulloblastoma

Question 6

what brain lesions are most likely to appear in mulitples

Answer 6

mets

Question 7

what lesions generally grows on the periphery of brain

Answer 7

acoustic neuromas, and meningiomas

Question 8

what lesions grows from the Schwann cell’s of the 8th cranial nerve

Answer 8

acoustic neuromas

Question 9

what lesions are most likely to be associated with hormonal imbalances

Answer 9

pituitary adenoma

Question 10

which lesions grow primarily in the cerebellum/posterior fossa of cranial cavity

Answer 10

medulloblastoma

Question 11

lesions in the brain may be associated with which of these intracranial conditions

Answer 11

bleeding, ischemia, edema, and mass effect

Question 12

ischemic stroke may be a result of arterial interruption in which vessels

Answer 12

basilar artery, internal carotids and cerebral arteries

Question 13

which condition is the result of thrombosis or arterial stenosis

Answer 13

ischemic stroke

Question 14

which conditions causes a permanent loss of neurologic function

Answer 14

hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke

Question 15

which condition is caused by blood extravasation in the brain

Answer 15

hemorrhagic stroke

Question 16

which condition is also called an ‘intracranial bleed’

Answer 16

hemorrhagic stroke

Question 17

which condition will always present in imaging as an area of infarct in the brain

Answer 17

ischemic stroke

Question 18

which condition is most likely to be lethal

Answer 18

hemorrhagic stroke

Question 19

which bleeds generally occur in parenchyma (substance) of the brain

Answer 19

intracranial bleed (ICB)

Question 20

which conditions can be further defined with angiographic/contrast enhanced imaging

Answer 20

ischemic stroke, and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)

Question 21

which condition is most likely to be associated w an aneurysm

Answer 21

subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)

Question 22

which conditions causes blood accumulation on the periphery of the brain

Answer 22

subdural hemorrhage (SDH) and epidural hemorrhage (EDH)

Question 23

which conditions is almost always the result of trauma to the brain

Answer 23

epidural hemorrhage, and subdural hemorrhage

Question 24

traumatic contusions in the brain are one form of which condition

Answer 24

intracranial bleed

Question 25

which condition is almost always associated w a skull fx

Answer 25

epidural hemorrhage

Question 26

what describes the appearance of a brain abscess in sectional imaging

Answer 26

may show areas of necrosis, often rim enhancing, and may be associated with edema

Question 27

which conditions is a result of infection in the brain

Answer 27

meningitis, brain abscess and encephalitis

Question 28

what conditions are rarely associated with bleeding in the brain

Answer 28

ischemic stroke and meningitis

Question 29

what condition results in bleeding focused in the suprasellar cistern

Answer 29

subarachnoid hemorrhage

Question 30

what condition may be secondary to cerebral atrophy

Answer 30

hydrocephalus

Question 31

what is best imaged in the sagittal plane

Answer 31

chiari malformation

Question 32

what is related to dementia and aging

Answer 32

cerebral atrophy

Question 33

what presents as abnormal CSF collections formed by the subarachnoid membrane

Answer 33

arachnoid cyst

Question 34

what is imaged as CSF engorgement in the ventricles

Answer 34

hydrocephalus

Question 35

what is active lesions enhanced with contrast

Answer 35

multiple sclerosis