neoplastic

Question 1

what are sites of likely metastis to the CNS?

Answer 1

lungs, breast, Colon, skin

Question 2

What is the most common intramedullary tumor of the spinal cord?

Answer 2

Ependymoma

Question 3

Diplopia due to lateral rectus palsy with progressive onset and no other symptoms…

Answer 3

tumor of meninges of ventral pons

Question 4

of adult CNS tumors, what percent are metastatic?

Answer 4

50%, 50% are primary

Question 5

gliomas make up what percentage of brain tumors?

Answer 5

40%

Question 6

primary brain tumors in kids make up what percentage of neoplasms?

Answer 6

1/5 (primary brain tumors make up almost all of perdiatric brain tumors…they dont usually come from metastasizing)

Question 7

Where do 70% of pediatric tumors occur?

Answer 7

posterior cranial fossa

Question 8

What are 3 common pediatric tumors?

Answer 8

medulloblastoma, ependymoma, pilocytic astrocytoma

Question 9

what is paraneoplastic syndrome?

Answer 9

a metastisis of uterine or breast cancer(reproductive cancer) to the purkinje fibers in the cerebellum

Question 10

How does paraneoplastic syndrome present?

Answer 10

ataxia

anti-yo (+) antibody