High Yield Topics-Histology Flashcards
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of “pseudopalisading pleomorphic tumor cells bordering the necrotic center”?
Glioblastoma
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of “fried egg cells with chicken wire capillary pattern”?
Oligodendroglioma
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of “spindle cells in a whorled pattern +/- psammoma bodies”?
Meningioma
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of “Closely-packed capillaries and foamy stromal cells”?
Hemangioblastoma
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of “Hypercellular areas of spindle cells and hypocellular areas of myxoid stroma”?
Schwannoma
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of cells with round nuclei with clear cytoplasm”?
Oligodendroglioma
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of “whorls of densely packed cells with multiple areas of lamellated calcification”?
Meningioma
*“laminated calcifications” = psammoma bodies
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of “cells with eosinophilic, corkscrew fibers”?
Pilocytic Astrocytoma
“Eosinophilic, corkscrew fibers” in Pilocytic Astrocytoma refer to
Rosenthal Fibers
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of “small blue cells that surround nerve fibers”?
Medulloblastoma
“Nerve fibers” in Medulloblastoma refer to
Neuropil
“Small blue cells that surround nerve fibers” in Medulloblastoma refer to
Homer-Wright Rosettes
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of “perivascular pseudorosettes and rod-shaped blepharoplasts”?
Ependymoma
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of “Cholesterol crystals in motor oil-like fluid”?
Craniopharyngioma
Which brain tumor has a histological finding of “a lymphoid stroma and large, vacuolated cells with enlarged oval nuclei”?
Pinealoma
