general knowledge - tumors Flashcards
What NF diagnosis is associated to meningiomas?
NF2
4 types of metastases that are not very radio-therapy sensitive?
Renal cell carcinoma
Colon cancer
some type of breast cancer
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What does SEGA stand for?
subependymal giant cell astrocytoma. Grade II
Two types of craniopharyngeoma
- adamantinoumatous
- papillary
What cromosome has deletion in about 35-50% of medullobasltomas?
17p
Vad är Forbes-Albright syndrome?
Amenorrhea och Galactorrhea associated to prolactinoma
Name a few familial syndromes associated to paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas
MEN2 (A, and B - RET genetic dist)
von Hippel Lindau disease
NF-1
What is paragangliomas?
They are tumors that arise from neuroendocrine tissues symmetrically distributed along the spine from the base pf the skull to the pelvis.
What is Li-Fraumeni syndrome?
Its a cancer predisposition syndrome associated with high risks for a diverse spectrum of childhood and adult onset malignancies. Life time risk of malignancy for men is more than 70% and more than 90% for women.
What gene is most ogften associated to Li-Fraumeni syndrome?
p53.
What are the clinical signs of Foster-Kennedy syndrome and what is the cause (if not pseudo-foster Kennedy)
- one sided optic atrophy
- central scotoma in the ipsilateral eye
- papilledema in the OTHER (contralateral) eye. !!
Due to an ipsilateral frontal mass. Usually an olfactory groove meningioma.
Historically ipsilateral anosmia was thought to be associated too, but is now understood not to be strictly associated.
What two types of tumors are the most common to cause Foster Kennedy syndrome?
- Meningioma
- Plasmocytoma (rare solitary tumor of neoplastic monoclonal plasma cells in either bone or soft tissue (extramedullary (as in bone marrow medulla))
How common are pineal tumors in adults?
1% of all brain tumors.
There are two types of cranipharyngeoma. One is rather common in children, and one is rare and found in adults. What are they called?
Pediatric: Adamantinomatous craniopharyngeoma
Adult: Papillary craniopharyngeoma
26-50%!!