Intracranial Tumours Flashcards
Primary intracranial neoplasms are the 2nd most common tumours in children. True/False?
True
List the typical clinical presentations/symptoms of intracranial neoplasms
Neurological deficit
Motor weakness
Headache
Seizures
List clinical presentations/symptoms of raised intracranial pressure
Headache Vomiting Mental changes Seizures Visual impairment
Neurological signs of tumours correlate with anatomical location and function. List the features associated with the frontal lobe
Thought Reasoning Behaviour Memory Movement
Neurological signs of tumours correlate with anatomical location and function. List the features associated with the temporal lobe
Behaviour
Memory
Hearing and vision
Emotion
Neurological signs of tumours correlate with anatomical location and function. List the features associated with the parietal lobe
Intellect
Thought
Reasoning
Memory
Neurological signs of tumours correlate with anatomical location and function. List the features associated with the occipital lobe
Speech
Motor and sensory
Abstract concepts
Visual
List all potential investigations that may be done for suspected intracranial neoplasms
CT MRI +/- contrast Lumbar puncture PET scan Lesion biopsy EEG Angiography Radionucleotide study
Describe WHO grade I astrocytic tumours
Pilocytic
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
Describe WHO grade II astrocytic tumours
Low grade astrocytoma
Describe WHO grade III astrocytic tumours
Anaplastic astrocytoma
Describe WHO grade IV astrocytic tumours
Glioblastoma multiforme
Who is typically affected by grade I astrocytic tumours?
Children
Young adults
Typically headache with vomiting and low appetite
What is the treatment of choice for grade I astrocytic tumour?
Surgery (curative)
Grade II astrocytic tumours (low grade astrocytoma) have predilection for which brain lobes?
Temporal
Frontal
Parietal