CH30: Intracranial Neoplasms Flashcards
In how many percent of cancer, the brain or its coverings are involved by neoplasm at some time in the course of illness? (p. 661)
25%
tumor- like formation that has its basis in maldevelopment and undergoes little change during the life of the host (p. 663)
hamartoma
viruses implicated tumors of the nervous system (p. 665)
HPV, HepB, EBV, HTLV
Edema wherein there is increased permeability of the capillary endothelial cells so that plasma proteins exude into the extracellular spaces (p. 666)
Vasogenic edema
All the cellular elements swell with fluid and there is a corresponding reduction in the extracellular fluid space (p. 667)
Cytotoxic edema
Type of vomiting wherein the patient vomit unexpectedly and forcibly without preceding nausea (p. 669)
Projectile vomiting
Gross pathology GBM (p. 670)
mottled gray, red, orange or brown
Natural history of GBM (p. 670)
Fewer than 20% survive for 1 year; only 10% live beyond 2 years
gene implicated in GBM (p. 671)
tumor suppression gene on Chromosome 17p
Stupp protocol (p. 672)
75mg/m2 concurrently with radiotherapy after a hiatus of 4 weeks, give for 5 days every 28 days for 6 cycles
How many percent of GBM will develop additional lesiosn at distant locations (p. 673)
10%
Tumor cells of low to intermediate- grade astrocytoma which is a useful diagnostic marker in biopsy specimen. (p. 673)
GFAP
Natural history of low- grade glioma (p. 674)
grow slowly and eventually undergo malignant transformation
Tumor that is pink-gray color and multilobar in form. It is relatively avascular and firm and has a tendency to encapsualte and form calcium and small cysts. (p. 677)
Oligodendroglioma
genes implicated in oligodendroglioma (p. 675)
Chromosome 1p: high degree of responsiveness; Chromosome 19q: longer survival
Chemotherapeutic treatment of oligodendroglioma (p. 676)
PCV
Most common glioma of the spinal cord (p. 676)
Ependymoma
Tumor described being found in 4th ventricle, graying pink, form, cauliflower growths (p. 676)
Ependymoma
Gene implicated with ependymoma (p. 676)
RELA gene (becoming fused to an open reading frame of Ch11)
Round or elongated nuclei, visible cytoplasmic membrane, and a characteristic tendency to encircle n another forming whorls and laminated calcific concretions (p. 677)
Meningioma
Most common type of meningioma (p. 677)
Meningothelial
How many percent of patients with ocular lymphoma will have cerebral involvement within the year? (p. 679)
2/3
Pinkish gray, soft, ill- defined infiltrative mass in the brain difficult to distinguish from astrocytoma (p. 679)
Lymphoma
Meningeal and cranial nerve lymphoma with similar characteristics to primary CNS lymphoma as complications of chronic lymphatic leukemia (p. 679)
Ritcher transformation
Tumor appears as a complication of an obscure medical condition such as salivary and lacrimal gland enlargement (p. 680)
Mikulicz syndrome
Predominant treatment in lymphoma patient with AIDS. (p. 681)
Cranial irradiation
Top 3 malignancies which is most prone to metastasize to the brain (p. 681)
Melanoma, Testicular tumors, small cell tumors
Almost half of intracranial metastatic cancer mets via hematogenous spread. (p. 681)
Breast
Hemorrhagic mets (p. 682)
Melanoma, chorioepthelioma
dose of radiation for malignant meningitis (p. 684)
300cGy per day for 10days
Systemic disease with prominent nodular pulmonary lesions, dermal and lymph nodes changes and in approximately 30 percent of cases, involvement of CNS (p. 686)
lymphomatoid granulamotosis
Castleman disease is precipatated by which virus (p. 686)
HHV 8
chromosome implicated in Medulloblastoma (p. 687)
Ch17 distal to the p53region
Medulloblastoma + mutations in the gene encoding a patched, the receptor for sonic hedgehog ligand (p. 687)
Gorlin syndrome
Medulloblastoma, consequence of mutations in DNA repair genes (p. 687)
Turcot syndrome
Overexpression of this is associated with poorer prognosis in medulloblastoma (p. 687)
N-MYC
Virus also implicated with medulloblastoma (p. 688)
JC virus
Distinctive radiographic appearance of medulloblastoma (p. 688)
high T1 and T2, heterogenous enhancement, typical location adjacent to fourth vetricle
Treatment of medulloblastoma (p. 688)
surgery + resection + chemotherapy
Most common soild tumor of childhood (p. 689)
Neuroblastoma