Nazir Pearls Flashcards
Classify glial tumors
Astrocyte
Grade 1: pilocytic astrocytoma
Grade 2: gemistocytic astrocytoma, fibrillary
Grade 3: anaplastic, diffuse astrocytoma
Grade 4: GBM
ependymal tumor
Sub ependymoma
Myxopapillary ependymoma
Anaplastic ependymoma
Tumors having retro orbital extension
Breast
Lymphoma
Leukemia
Lung
Type of brain surgery
STR
GTR
intraoperative functional mapping
Causes lung cancer
Smoking
Alcohol
Family factor: Li fraumeni
Occupational factor
- radon
-asbestos
-silica
Previous lung disease:
- COPD
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Interstitial lung disease
Infectious agent:
- HPV
-HIV
Benign condition where radiotehrapy is needed?
Graves opthalmopathy
Pituitary adenoma
Keloids
Bowens disease
Rheumatoid arthritis
Aneurysmal bone cyst
Trigeminal neuralgia (75-80Gy)
Adamantinoma
Cystic hygroma
Neurofibroma
Phaechromocytoma
Arteriovenous malformation
Cavernous hemangioma (18Gy)
What is rampant breast cancer
Rampant Breast cancer:
Age 30-32
Hormone receptor negative
Aggressive
Spread rapidly
Died within 6 months
TNBC
Pre neoplastic/ centrosome amplification→ tumor invasiveness
What is glomus tumor
It is a benign neuro endocrine tumor of neural crest origin, which can develop in the carotid bodies in head and neck
Aortic bodies in the thorax
Adrenal gland in the abdomen
Embolization and surgery is treatment of choice
Radiation can be considered
45-54 Gy
When Ki 67 expression is high
When it is above 20% (nazir sir)
30% ( pathology outline)
In case of breast cancer molecular classification which mutation has worst prognosis
P53 mutation
ER/PR negative and Her 2 positive
Which of the drug when given intrathecally becomes deadly
Vincristine
When breast boost should be given
Tumor bed boost
invasive disease
- age below 50 years any grade
- age 51-70 with high grade
- positive margin
DCIS
Age below or equal to 50 years
High grade
Positive margin
Close (<2mm ) margin
Dose
10 gy in 4-5 fractions recommended for most patients
If positive margin or young age and close margin, 14-16 Gy in 7-8 fractions or 12.5 Gy in 5 fractions may be used.
Four features of pagets disease of breast
Erythemaous
Crusting
Redness
Inflammatory
How mycosis fungoides is formed
patch plaque tumor erythroderma
Other name of interstitial cell of cajal and where it lies
(CD34)
Lies between the submucosa and muscle layer. It acts as a pacemaker of colon
Auerbachs plexus lies in between two muscle layer.
Lymphatic staging of carcinoma stomach
NO= no regional lymph node
N1: one or two regional lymph nodes
N2: three to six regional lymph nodes
N3:
N3a: seven to 15 regional lymph nodes
N3b: metastasis in 16 or more regional lymph nodes.
Name the lymphatic stations of stomach
N1 nodes
1. Right paracardial
2. Left paracardial
3. Lesser curvature side
4. Greater curvature side
5. Supra pyloric (including gastroduodenal)
6. Infra pyloric
N2 nodes
7. Left gastric
8. Common hepatic
9. Celiac
10. Splenic hilum
11. Splenic artery
N3 nodes
12. Along hepatoduodenal ligament
13. Superior mesenteric
14. Middle colic
15. Para aortic
16. Portal, retroperitoneal
Name the shunt. Used to reduce ICP
Ventriculo peritoneal shunt
Endoscopic third ventricular shunt
External ventricular shunt
Radiotherpay dose for primary CNS lymphoma
Phase 1: 45 Gy in 25 daily fractions over 5 weeks
Phase 2: 9-10 Gy in 4 fractions over 1 weeks
Total 54 Gy around
CR 23.4
Non response 45-50
If leptomeningeal disease:
CSRT: 30-35 Gy in 25 daily fractions over 5 weeks mtx 12 mg
Pelvic radiotherapy(cervix radiotherapy complication)?
Acute
- pruritus
- desquamation
- nausea
- colitis
-proctitis
Late
- stenosis
- Stricture
-VVF
-RVF
- intestinal obstruction/ perforation
- femoral head necrosis (dose below 50 years)
Brachytherapy side effects in carcinoma cervix
Immediate
Mild soreness
Bruising
Swelling
Blood in urine
Uterine perforation
Laceration, shock
Late
Chronic cystitis
Proctitis
Urethral stenosis
Vaginitis
Second primary at UB and rectum
Frequency of loose stool or constipation
Histopathological variant of carcinoma cervix
Histological variety of cervical carcinoma: (AJCC)
* Squamous cell carcinoma
▪ Invasive
▪ Keratinizing
▪ Nonkeratinizing
▪ Verrucous
* Adenocarcinoma
* Endometrioid adenocarcinoma
* Clear cell adenocarcinoma
* Adenosquamous carcinoma
* Adenoid cystic carcinoma
* Adenoid basal cell carcinoma
* Small cell carcinoma
* Neuroendocrine
* Undifferentiated carcinoma/Anaplastic
Gardasil 9 contains which HPV strain
HPV16, HPV18, HPV6, and HPV11, plus five
additional high-risk HPV types (HPV31,
HPV33, HPV45, HPV52, and HPV58)
name some posterior fossa tumors
Extrinsic
Neurilemomma
Meningioma
Epidermoid cyst
Dermoid cyst
Metastases
Intrinsic
Metastases
Haemangioblastoma
Medulloblastoma
Astrocytoma
chest x ray PA view showing multiple cannon ball shadows of variable sizes in both lung. what are differentials
germ cell tumor
osteosarcoma
soft tissue sarcoma
renal cell carcinoma
melanoma
thyroid carcinoma
colonic carcinoma
name some common cause of brain mets according to sex
male
lung
GIT
melanoma
kidney
unknown
bladder
prostate
female
lung
breast
unknown origin
GIT
melanoma
kidney
ovary
uterus
common pathological variation of stomach mass
primary:
adenocarcinoma >95%
squamous cell carcinoma
small cell
carcinoid
MALTOMA
GIST
adenosquamous cell carcinoma
sarcoma
melanoma
meningioma dose of RT
55-60 Gy in 1.7-2.0 Gy per fraction in total of 5-6 weeks
name some common CNS tumor (nazir version)
neuro epithelial tumor
astrocytoma
oligodendroglioma
ependymoma
mixed glioma
meningeal tumor
meningioma
choroid plexus tumor
choroid plexus carcinoma
choroid plexus papilloma
tumor of pineal gland
pineocytoma
pineoblastoma
tumor of sellar region
pituitary adenoma
craniopharyngioma
tumor of cranial and paraspinal nerve
scwannoma
neurofibroma
MPNST
embryonal tumor
medulloblastoma
PNET
germ cell tumor
primary CNS lymphoma
mesenchymal tumor
hemangiopericytoma
angiosarcoma
PNET
Chordoma
Ewings sarcoma
liposarcoma
fibrosarcoma