brain tumours

Question 1

what do people with brain tumours present with?

Answer 1

progressive neurological deficit

motor weakness
headache
seizure

Question 2

what can increased intracranial pressure cause?

Answer 2

headache
seizures
vomiting
mental changes

Question 3

if they have a headahe what should you ask about?

Answer 3

is it worth on coughing and sneezing or bending over

Question 4

how do benign astrocyte tumours present?

Answer 4

siezures usually

usually slow growing and in childrem

surgery is curative

Question 5

what is the most common primary brain tumour?

Answer 5

glioblastoma multiform

Question 6

name 2 malignant astrocyte tumours?

Answer 6

anaplastic astrocytoma

glioblastoma multiform

Question 7

where do you normally get oligodendrocyte tumours and how do they present?

Answer 7

in the frontal lobes

present as seizures normally

usually in adults 25-45 years

sensitive to chemo

Question 8

what type of tumour is mainly asymptomatic?

Answer 8

meningiomas

Question 9

what is a good way of treating nerve sheath tumours?

Answer 9

radiosurgery

Question 10

what is the most common CNS germ cell tumour?

Answer 10

germinoma

Question 11

alpha fetoprotein is present in what germ cell tumout?

Answer 11

yolk sac tumour

Question 12

human choriogonadotrophin is present in what germ cell tumours?

Answer 12

choriocarcinoma

and germinoma

Question 13

placental alkaline phosphatase is present in what germ cell tumout?

Answer 13

germinoma