Brain Tumors Flashcards
What are the 3 most common primary brain tumors in adults?
(metastasis)
Glioblastoma
Meningioma
Schwanoma
What are the 3 most common primary brain tumors in children?
Astrocytoma
Medulloblastoma
Ependymoma
Brain tumor associated with pseudopalisading necrosis
Glioblastoma multiforme
Brain tumor associated with polycythemia
hemangioblastoma
Brain tumor associated with neurofibromatosis II
Schwannoma
Brain tumor associated with von Hipple-Lindau syndrome
hemangioblasoma
Brain tumor associated with foamy cells and high vascularity
hemangioblastoma
Brain tumor associated with prolactinemia, leading to galactorrhea, amenorrhea, anovulation
Pituitary adenoma
Brain tumor associated with psammoma bodies
meningioma
Brain tumor associated with fried-egg appearance
oligodendroglioma
Brain tumor associated with perivascular pseudorosettes
ependymoma
Brain tumor associated with bitemporal hemianopsia
pituitary adenoma
craniopharyngioma
Brain tumor associated with worst prognosis of any primary brain tumor
Glioblastoma multiforme
Brain tumors (2) associated with child with hydrocephalus
medulloblastoma
ependymoma
Brain tumor associated with Homer-Wright pseudorosettes
Medulloblastoma