Buzzwords for CNS Tumors Flashcards
“pseudopalisading”
Glioblastoma
“butterfly lesion”
Glioblastoma
“cystic lesion with mural nodule”
Pilocytic Astrocytoma
“Rosental fibers” (thick eosinophilic processes)
Pilocytic Astrocytoma
“calcified tumor of white matter”
Oligodendroglioma
“fried-egg appearance”
Oligodendroglioma
“perivascular pseudorosettes”
Ependymoma
“small, round blue cells”
Medulloblastoma
“Homer-Wright rosettes”
Medulloblastoma
“dense (Antoni A) & loose (Antoni B) areas with nuclear free zones (Verrucay bodies)”
Schwannoma
What is the most common malignant tumor in adults?
Glioblastoma
What is the most common benign tumor in adults?
Meningioma
“mass attached to the dura”
Meningioma
“whorled pattern with psammoma bodies”
Meningioma
Besides Glioblastoma & Meningioma, what is the third most common CNS tumor in adults?
Schwannoma
