Neuro-onc Flashcards
type of tumor with fried egg appearance on path AND microcalcifications sometimes evident on CT
oligodendroglioma
type of primary CNS tumor most likely to have evidence of dissemination in CSF
Grade III ependymoma
mutation in grade II/III astrocytomas (2 possible)
p53 mutation and IDH1 mutations
most common site of ependymomas
often off lining of ventricles in posterior fossa
mutation that predicts favorable response to DNA damaging chemos in oligodendrogliomas
1p19q loss of heterozygosity
chemo for GBM
temozolamide
rosettes with microlumina and pseudorosettes
think ependymoma
small round blue cells sometimes in rosettes
medulloblastoma
type of tumor for medulloblastoma
PNET: primitive neuroectodermal tumors
Types of PNET / small round blue cell tumors
All grade IV
- medulloblastoma
- supratentorial PNET
- pineoblastoma
poor prognosis for medulloblastoma
young children < 3 yrs
vermian tumor in cerebellum in kid is likely what
medulloblastoma
treatment for CNS lymphoma
methotrexate based regimen
MRI features of lymphoma CNS
diffusely enhancing and crosses corpus callosum
Bcell vs Tcell markers on path
Bcell: CD20
TCell: CD3
Restricted diffusion in non-stroke
lymphoma or abscess
pituitary tumor with cystic components containing motor-oil like fluid
adamantinous craniopharyngioma
2 types of craniopharyngioma
- squamous papillary - solid
- **Adamantinous cystic: with motor oil
(From Rathke’s cyst remnants)
where do meningiomas arise from
extraaxial, from arachnoid cells
dural tail
meningioma
loss of chromosome 22 found in what kind of tumor
meningioma
whorls on pathology
meningioma
two types of pineal parenchymal tumors and major other types?
parenchymal:
1. pineoblastoma grade IV (like medulloblastoma, bad behavior, spreads w/ CSF and can occur w/ b/l retinoblastoma)
2. pineocytoma grade I very slow growing
3. germ cell tumors: germinomas and everything else
what tumor might you see in conjunction with b/l retinoblastoma
pineoblastoma
Typical treatment of germinoma / pineal tumor treatment
germinoma type is VERY sensitive to RT and chemo, so no surgery.
areas of closely and loosely packed tumor (2)
- JPA
2. schwannoma
nerve most commonly involved in malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor and what does it most likely arise from
sciatic plexiform neurofibromas
tx for SEGA in TS?
everolimus (mtor inhibitor)
cauliflower looking lesion in posterior fossa
choroid plexus papilloma
well circumscribed posterior fossa mass
ependymoma
single histology most common pedi brain tumor and group of brain tumors
medulloblastoma or glioma/all comers
voltage gated K channel Abs can cause what
neuromyotomia, seizures, limbic encephalitis