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CNS tumours (9) Flashcards

1
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What percentage are CNS tumours of all neoplasms?

A

2%

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2
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What’s the most common cancer in children?

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Leukaemia, then CNS tumours

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3
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Which CNS tumours are most common in women?

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Meningioma

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4
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Which CNS tumours are most common in men?

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Glioma

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5
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What CNS tumours are most common in children?

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Cerebellum, PNET (medulloblastoma)

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6
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Which CNS tumours are most common in adults?

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Cerebrum, glioma and meningioma

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Function of arachnoid membrane and pia mater

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Protein and support

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8
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Tumour of arachnoid membrane and pia mater

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Meningioma

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Function of neurons

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Sit in cortex, cause epilepsy, not in contact with blood supply need quiet environment, don’t give origin to many tumours, metabolic needs supplied by glia cells

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10
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Tumour of neuronal

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Neurocytoma

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11
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Tumour of nerve sheath

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Schwannoma

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12
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Glia cells

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Astrocytes, Oligodendrocytes, Ependymal cells and choroid plexus cells, microglia

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13
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Tumour of glia

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Glioma

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14
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Function of astrocytes

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Support and protect (connect neurons with blood supply)

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15
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Tumour of astrocytes

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Astrocytoma

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16
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Function of oligodendrocytes

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Myelination

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17
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Tumours of oligodendrocytes

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Oligodendroglioma

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18
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Function of ependymal cells

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Controls, produces and moves CSF

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19
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Tumour of ependymal cells

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Ependyoma

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20
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Function of choroid plexus cells

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Specialised ependymal cell

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21
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Function of microglia

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Defence (activated if ischaemia, allows inflammatory cells cross BBB)

22
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Benign behaviour

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Slow growing, respect surrounding tissue, no/slow progression, no recurrence, surgery

23
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Malignant behaviour

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Rapid growing, invade and destroy surrounding tissue, progress, recurrent, surgery and adjuvant therapy

24
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Grade 1

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Benign, no recurrence, no/very slow progression

25
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Grade 2

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Low grade, progression (astrocytoma 6-7 y)

26
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Grade 3

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High grade, rapid progression (astrocytoma 2-3 y)

27
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Grade 4

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Aggressive (necrosis and vascular proliferation)

28
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Histological criteria for malignancy

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  1. Cellular density and atypia
  2. Mitotic activity
  3. Necrosis
  4. Vascular proflieration
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Atypia

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Structural abnormality in cell

30
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Hardest part about treating Gliomas?

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Cells migrate through brain, can’t see borders/take it out completely, no barriers in communication

31
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Space occupying lesion

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Only 50ml allowed to accumulated, malignancy, abscess, haematoma

32
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Astrocytic tumours

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Fine fibrillary and microcytic background, increased cellular density, pleomorphism (size/shape/chromasia)

33
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Diffuse astrocytoma II

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Infiltrative, microcytic, fibrillary, low cellular density, mild atypia, no mitotic activity

34
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Anaplastic astrocytoma III

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Moderate cellular density, moderate pleomorphism, mitoses

35
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Glioblastoma IV

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High cellular density and mitoses, necrosis, vascular proliferation

36
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Pilocytic astrocytoma I

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Benign, non-infiltrative, children, cerebellum, well-defined, cystic, pilocytes (thin hair-like), Rosenthal fibres (think elongated worm-like), vascular proliferation

37
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Oligodendroglioma II/III

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Round uniform nuclei with clear cytoplasm (fried-egg appearance), arborising capillaries (chicken wire), calcifications

38
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Ependymoma II/III

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Well-defined tumour, ventricles, pseudo rosettes, round small uniform cells

39
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Meningioma I

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(Can be grade 2/3 aggressive), females, dura, adults, well-defined extra-axial tumour, whorls/swirls, psammonma bodies (lamellate calcified structures)

40
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PNET (medulloblastoma) IV

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Children, cerebellum, very high cellular density, anaplastic hyper chromatic cells, frequent mitoses and apoptosis, rosette formation

41
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Nerve sheath tumours - Spindle-cell tumours

42
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Nerve sheath tumours - Schwannoma I

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8th cranial nerve, biphasic pattern (loose and dense areas), Reticulin

43
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Nerve sheath tumours - Neurofibroma I

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Spinal nerves, rich in collagen

44
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Aetiology

A

Radiotherapy - meningioma
Immunosuppression - lymphoma
Familial syndromes - NF1, NF2

45
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Stem cell pathways - Wnt signalling

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Haematopoietic, epidermal, gut self-renewal > colon carcinoma/epidermal tumours

46
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Stem cell pathways - Shh

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Haematopoietic, neural, germ line self-renewal > medulloblastoma, basal cell carcinoma

47
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Stem cell pathways - Notch

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Haematopoietic, neural, germ line > Leukaemia, mammary tumours

48
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4 markers of molecular diagnostics of gliomas

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  1. MGMT promotor methylation
  2. 1p/19q deletion
  3. IDH1/IDH2 mutation
  4. BRAF duplication/fusion
49
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Prognosis

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Glioblastoma IV -

50
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Factors affecting prognosis

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Age, site, surgical resection, adjuvant therapy, genetic

CM Clinical Symposia (24 decks)

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