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Y4R4 - Surgery II 👨‍⚕️ > L5: Brain Tumors > Flashcards

L5: Brain Tumors Flashcards

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Def of Brain Tumors

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Classification of Brain Tumors

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Classification of Brain Tumors

  • According to Anatomy
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Anatomical Classification of Brain Tumors

  • Tentorium
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Classification of Brain Tumors

  • Axial or Not
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Classification of Brain Tumors

  • Pathological
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Most Common 1ry Brain Tumors

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Gliomas

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2nd Most common 1ry Brain Tumor

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Meningiomas

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Classification of Brain Tumors

  • Affected Lobe
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Incidence of Pediatric brain tumors

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Most common Primary Brain Tumors

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Sites & Types of Pediatric brain tumors

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Supra-tentorial Pediatric brain tumors

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  1. Astrocytoma
  2. Pineal tumors
  3. Craniopharyngioma
  4. PNET
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Infra-tentorial Pediatric brain tumors

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CP of Pediatric brain tumors

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The presenting clinical features of posterior fossa neoplasms in children are related to:

  1. Raised intracranial pressure.
  2. Focal neurological signs.
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CP of Brain Tumors

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Increased ICP

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Mass effect & Midline Shift

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Functioning pituitary adenoma

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Focal CP of Brain Tumors

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Focal CP of Brain Tumors

  • Frontal Lobe
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  1. Contralateral UMNL weakness.
  2. Contralateral motor Jacksonian or generalized seizures.
  3. Expressive (Broca’s) dysphasia.
  4. Personality changes.
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Focal CP of Brain Tumors

  • Temporal Lobe
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Focal CP of Brain Tumors

  • Occipital Lobe
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Visual disturbances

  1. Contralateral cortical blindness.
  2. Visual hallucinations or agnosia.
  3. Photosensitivity seizures.
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Focal CP of Brain Tumors

  • Parietal Lobe
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Sensory deficits

  1. Contralateral disturbed cortical sensation.
  2. Contralateral sensory or generalized seizures.
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Focal CP of Brain Tumors

  • Cerebellar
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Disturbance in coordination and equilibrium.

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Dx of Brain Tumors

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Dx of Brain Tumors

  • Gold Standard
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MRI Brain with contrast

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TTT of Brain Tumors

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Incidence of Glioma

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Most common Primary Brain Tumors

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Source of Glioma

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Malignant tumors arising from glial tissue

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Types of Glioma

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Types of Glioma

  • Astrocytoma
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Types of Glioma

  • Oligodendroglioma
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  • Slowly growing
  • Usually calcified tumor arising in the cerebral hemispheres.
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Types of Glioma

  • Meduloblastoma
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  • Highly malignant tumor
  • Usually in children
  • Arising in relation to the vermis of the cerebellum.
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Types of Glioma

  • Ependymoma
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  • Intraventricular tumor
  • Arising from the ependymal cell lining.
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CP of Glioma

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  1. Headache
  2. Seizures
  3. Language difficulty
  4. Behavioral Changes
  5. Hemiparesis
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Radiology of Glioma

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TTT of Glioma

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Source of Meningioma

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Benign tumors arising from arachnoid cells.

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Types & Grades of Meningioma

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Sites of Meningioma

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CP of Meningioma

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Radiology of Meningioma

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Radiology of Meningioma

  • Plain X-ray
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Radiology of Meningioma

  • CT/MRI
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Radiology of Meningioma

  • Angiography
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TTT of Meningioma

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Surgical Resection +/- Radiosurgery and/or chemotherapy

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Source of Acoustic Shwannoma

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  • Arise mostly from superior vestibular nerve (Schwann cells)
    in internal auditory meatus
  • May grow into the cerebellopontine angle (containing V, VII & VIlI cranial nerves)
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CP of Acoustic Shwannoma

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Radiology of Acoustic Shwannoma

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TTT of Acoustic Shwannoma

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Surgical Resection +/- Radiosurgery

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Source of Pituitary Adenoma

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  • Mostly benign tumors
  • Arise mostly from the anterior lobe
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CP of Pituitary Adenoma

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Radiology of Pituitary Adenoma

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TTT of Pituitary Adenoma

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Types of Pineal region Tumors

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CP of Pineal region Tumors

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  1. Headache
  2. Hydrocephalus
  3. Perinaud’s Syndrome
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Radiology of Pineal region Tumors

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TTT of Pineal region Tumors

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  • Surgery endoscopic biopsy or open resection and Radiotherapy depending.on histopathology.
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Radiology of 2ry Metastatic Brain Tumors

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TTT of 2ry Metastatic Brain Tumors

Y4R4 - Surgery II 👨‍⚕️ (32 decks)

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