Brain tumor buzzwords Flashcards

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1
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Crosses corpus callosum

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GBM

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Pseudopalisading pleomorphic tumor cells

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GBM

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3
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Spindle cells in a whorled pattern

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Meningioma

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4
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Psammoma bodies

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Meningioma

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5
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Produce erythropoietin

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Hemangioblastoma

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Thin-walled capillaries with minimal intervening parenchyma

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Hemangioblastoma

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7
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S-100+

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Schwannoma

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8
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Chicken-wire capillaries

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ODG

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9
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Fried egg cells

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ODG

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10
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Rosenthal fibers

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Pilocytic astrocytoma

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11
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Homer-Wright rosettes

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Medulloblastoma

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12
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Perivascular rosettes

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Ependymoma

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