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Leila's Yr 5 Pathology (COPY) > Histopathology 11 - Neuro-oncology > Flashcards

Histopathology 11 - Neuro-oncology Flashcards

1
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Primary or secondary brain tumours more common?

A

Secondary brain tumours 10x more common

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2
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Second most common cancer in children?

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Brain tumours (after leukaemia)

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3
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radiological classification of brain tumours

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Extra-axial (brain coverings) and intra-axial (brain parenchyma)

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cancer of embryonal cells in brain –> ?

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Medulloblastoma (in children)

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5
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What brain cell of origin do most brain tumours arise from?

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GLIAL CELLS

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6
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Neurofibromatosis 1 –> which brain tumours?

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Neurofibroma, pilocytic astrocytoma

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Nf2 –> Which brain tumours?

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schwannomas, meningioma

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Tuberous sclerosis –> which tumours?

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Hamartomas

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vHL –> which tumours?

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Haemangioblastomas

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10
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Most common genetic syndrome associated with brain tumours

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Neurofibromatosis (AD)

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11
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Symptoms of supretentorial (cerebrum) lesions

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Focal neurological deficits, seizures, personality changes

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Symptoms of subtentorial (Cerebellar) lesions

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Cerebellar ataxia, cranial nerve dysfunction

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13
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Which tumours require radiotherapy?

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Low and high grade gliomas, mets

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14
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Which tumours require chemotherapy?

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high grade gliomas

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15
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Most common primary CNS tumours

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GLIAL TUMORUS

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Tumour differentiation/grading process

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Determined by histology, predicts prognosis
Grade I = benign, long term sruvival
Grade II = cause death in >5 years
Grade III = cause death in <5 years
Grade IV = cause death in <1 year

DOES NOT CONSIDER RESPONSE TO TREATMENT, IT GUIDES TREATMENT

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17
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Is there a staging system for CNS tumours?

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No (except for medulloblastoma)

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18
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How can glial tumours be divided?

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Circumscribed gliomas (children, grade I-II)
Diffuse gliomas (adults, grade 2+)
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19
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Glial cells (6x)

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Astrocytes, ependymal cells, oligodendrocytes, Schwann cells, microglia and satellite cells

20
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Common mutation in circumscribed glial tumorus

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BRAF (MAPK pathway)

21
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Common mutation in diffuse glial tumorus

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IDH1/2 (POSITIVE PROGNOSTIC FACTOR)

22
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Example of a common circumscribed glioma

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Pilocytic astrocytoma

23
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Most common child brain tumour

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Pilocytic astrocytoma

24
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Where in the brain are pilcoytic astrocytomas commonly found?

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CEREBELLAR

25
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Piloid (hair cell), Rosenthal fibres

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Pilocytic astrocytoma

26
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Common location of diffuse gliomas

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Cerebral hemispheres

27
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EXAMPLES OF DIFFUSE GLIOMAS

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Diffuse astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma

28
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What will a diffuse astrocytoma eventually progress to?

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Malignant transformation to GBM

29
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Most common and most aggressive type of glioma in adults?

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GBM

30
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What WHO grade is GBM?

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Grade IV

31
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Most common subtype of primary brain cancer?

A

DE NOVO GBM

32
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Microvascular prolifération and neoangiogenesis on cytology

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GBM

33
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GBM, IDH wildtype

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De novo GBM, 90% of GBM cases, worst prognosis

34
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GBM, IDH mutation

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GBM secondary to diffuse astrocytoma progression

35
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Age of patients with oligodendroglioma and diffuse astrocytoma

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20-40s

36
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Age in GBM

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> 50

37
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Round cells with clear cytoplasm “fried eggs”

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Oligodendroglioma

38
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Prognosis of oligodendroglioma vs astrocytoma

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Much better, more amenable to resection, better chemo and radio-therapy response

39
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Pilocytic astrocytomas associated with which genetic condition?

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NF type I

40
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Multiple meningiomas?

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NF2

41
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2nd most common primary brain tumour after gliomas

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Meningiomas

42
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what is the grade of a meningioma based on?

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Mitotic activity

43
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Most frequent CNS tumour in adults?

A

Mets

44
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Most frequent primary tumours in metastatic brain cancer

A

lung, breast and melanoma

45
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2nd most common brain tumour in children?

A

Medulloblastoma

46
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Location of medulloblastomas

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Cerebellum

47
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“small blue round cell” in brain

A

Medulloblastoma (like Willm’s tumour it is a blastoma i.e of primitive cell line)

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