Cerebral Neoplasms Flashcards

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Differential diagnosis for intraventricular lesion?

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Mnemonic "CENTRAL MS"
C- Choroid plexus papilloma or carcinoma, colloid cyst, central neurocytoma, cavernoma 
E - Ependymoma, epidermoid/dermoid cyst
N - neurocytoma 
T - Teratoma, cortical tuber 
R - "rule out" infection
A - Astrocytoma, AVM, Aneurysm, Abscess 
L - Lipoma, lymphoma 
M- metastasis, meningioma
S - subependymoma, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
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