Most Common Page 4 Flashcards
MC scalp mass in middle-aged and older adults
sebaceous (trichilemmal) cyst
2nd MC cerebral vascular malformation
brain capillary telangiectasias
MC circle of Willis variant
absent or hypoplastic PCoA
MC locations of arachnoid granulations
transverse sinus and superior sagittal sinus
MC site of cervicocephalic involvement of fibrous dysplasia
ICA
MC type of fibrous dysplasia
type 1 / medial fibroplasia
MCC of ischemic stroke in young and middle-aged adults
craniocervical arterial dissection
MC site of dissection in the head and neck
extracranial ICA
Most frequently involved site of intracranial dissections / MC site of dissecting aneurysms
vertebral artery
MC location of vertebral dissections
skull base to C1 and C1 to C2
MCC of severe cerebral vasoconstriction
vasospasm with multifocal foci of arterial constriction and dilatation
MC worldwide cause of childhood stroke
sickle cell disease
MC monogenic heritable cause of lacunar stroke and vascular dementia in adults
CADASIL
MC form of thrombotic microangiopathy
DIC
MC finding in TB meningitis on NECT
hydrocephalus
MC site of CNS mycoses
meninges
MC cerebral complication following BM transplatation
Aspergillosis
MC CNS site of T. solium larvae (neurocysticercosis)
intracranial subarachnoid spaces
MC site of intraventricular neurocysticercosis
Fourth
2nd MC acquired idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating disease
ADEM
MC imaging pattern of autoimmune encephalitis
limbic encephalitis (one or both medial temporal lobes)
MC affected segment of the spinal cord in NMOSD
cervical
MC of all primary CNS neoplasms in patients 18-30 yo (young adults)
IDH-mutant diffuse astroctyoma
Most commonly involved CNs in neurosarcoidosis
II and VII
MC location IDH-mutant diffuse astrocytomas
frontal lobes (cerebral hemispheres)
MC variant of the pancreas
pancreas divisum
MC primary CNS neoplasm that causes “brain-to-brain” metastases
GBM
MC route of GBM spread
white matter tracts (such as corpus callosum, fornices, anterior commissure, and corticospinal tract)
In contrast to IDH-wild-type GBMs, what is the MC location of IDH-mutant GBMs?
frontal lobe (same with grade II diffuse astrocytomas)
3rd MC type of glial neoplasm (after GBM and anaplastic astrocytoma)
oligodendroglioma
MC and most benign primary choroid plexus tumor
choroid plexus papilloma
MCC of overproduction hydrocephalus
choroid plexus papilloma
MC mixed glioneural tumor
ganglioglioma
MC primary intraventricular neoplasm of young and middle-aged adults
central neurocytoma
MC pineal parenchymal tumor
pineacytoma
MC extracranial solid cancer in childhood / MC overall cancer in infants
secondary/metastatic neuroblastoma
MC manifestation of metastatic neuroblastoma
skeletal mets
MC infratentorial site of meningiomas
CPA
overall MC benign osteocartilaginous tumor of the skull base
chondroma/enchondroma
MC intracranial site of hemangiomas
diploic space of the calvaria
MC benign osseous tumor of the calvaria
osteoma
MC primary intracranial nonmeningothelial mesenchymal neoplasm, although rare
solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma
MC location of solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma
occipital region (often straddles the transverse sinus)
2nd MC infratentorial parenchymal mass in adults (after mets)
hemangioblastoma
MC ocular motor nerve palsy
simple/isolated abducens palsy
MCC of unilateral sensorineural hearing loss
vestibulochochlear schwannoma
MCC of multiple enhancing CNs
mets
MC cerebellopontine cistern mass
vestibular schwannoma
MC of all Meckel cave tumors
schwannomas
MC jugural foramen schwannoma
glossopharyngeal (CN IX
MC of all the pure motor nerve schwannomas
CN III (MC location: interpeduncular cistern)
Neuro, Pedia: MC childhood cancer / MC childhood malignancy
leukemia (ALL > AML
MC primary bone malignancy
multiple myeloma
MC site of extramedullary hematopoiesis
axial skeleton
MC intracranial location of extramedullary hematopoiesis
subdural space
Pathologic hyperplasia most commonly occurs in response to
end-organ failure
MCC of pathologic pituitary hyperplasia
primary hypothyroidism
MC etiology of pituitary hyperplasia
PRL cell hyperplasia
MC site of ectopic pituitary adenomas
sphenoid sinus
MC type of hypophysitis
lymphocytic hypophysitis
MC radiation-induced neoplasm
meningioma
MC single protein or enzyme deficiency disease to present in childhood
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
MC inborn error of amino acid metabolism
Phenylketonuria
MC manifestation of acute hypertensive encephalopathy
PRES
MC overall cause of PRES
preeclampsia
MC location for an ectopic thyroid
central tongue base
Most commonly affected site in mesial temporal sclerosis
hippocampal body > tail > head
Most commonly associated condition / MCC of cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum
use and subsequent withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs
Iron accumulation is greatest in the?
pars reticulata of the substantia nigra
MC inherited cerebral small vessel disease
CADASIL
MC site of obstructing membranes
foramina of Luschka
MC mass found at the foramen of Monro
colloid cyst
MC tumor that causes intraventricular obstructive hydrocephalus in children
medulloblastoma
MC general imaging feature of normal pressure hydroceph
ventriculosulcal disproportion
Spontaneous intracranial CSF leaks are most commonly associated with
arachnoid granulations in the lateral sphenoid sinus
MC type of Chiari malformation
Chiari 1
MC of all congenital brain malformations / MC CNS malformation / Single mc malformation that accompanies other developmental brain anomalies and syndrome
anomalies of the cerebral commissures (especially the corpos callosum) / corpus callosum dysgenesis
MC congenital cerebellar malformation
Dandy-Walker malformation
MC brain morphologic defects in fetal alcohol syndrome
CC agenesis and regional increases in cortical thickness
MC inherited cause of mental retardation in boys
fragile X syndrome
MC causes of secondary microcephaly
ischemia, infection, maternal diabetes, and trauma