CNS Tumor Features Flashcards
Grade II glioma, no mitoses
Astrocytoma (diffuse)
Plump cells, glassy pink cytoplasm
Diffuse astrocytoma - gemicystic variant
Grade III glioma, mitoses
Anaplastic Astrocytoma
Multilayered glomeruloid tufts
Glioblastoma
Pseudopalisading necrosis
GBM. Palisading
is when cells line up next to each other, like slats in a picket fence. These rapidly proliferating tumor cells (area outlined in green) appear to palisade around the central pale area, which represents necrotic tissue (region shaded in yellow).
Endothelial (microvascular) proliferation
GBM; several layers of endothelial cells filling lumen of vessel
Ki-67+, GFAP+, p53-, EGFR+
Glioblastoma
Rosenthal fibers
pilocytic astrocytoma
Chicken wire / fried egg
Oligodendroglioma
1p19q LOH
oligodendroglioma
EGFR amplification (chromosome 10)
Primary GBM
IDH1/2
Secondary GBM
Pseudorosettes
Ependymomas
Blue cell tumors
Medulloblastomas
Sugar icing appearance
Medulloblastomas