Glioblastoma Flashcards
1
Q
62M
generalized tonic clonic seizure
Headache + Nausea + weakness
H - worse at night + awaken him from sleep
HTN + osteoarthritis
postictal but follows commands
Death - due to spiration pneumonia _ spectic shock
brain biopsy given ‘cause ???
A
glioblastoma
2
Q
Glioblastoma which cell ?
A
astrocytes
3
Q
location of glioblastoma ?
A
cerebral hemispheres
4
Q
cause of glioblastoma ?
A
H + N
5
Q
Brain biopsy feature of glioblastoma ?
A
mass effect - midline shift – cross corpus callosum - butterfly glioma
6
Q
tumor cells in glioblastoma ?
A
pseudopalisading pleomorphic tumor cells
