Subspecs Flashcards
WHO Grade 1 asrrocytoma
Pilocystic
Infiltrating Astrocytoma WHO Grade 4
Glioblastoma
Rosenthal fibers
Alexanders disease and
Pilocytic astrocytoma
Severe necrosis and vascular invasion
Crosses to the corpus callosum
“butterfly” pattern
GBM
Pseudopalisading pattern
GBM
A preferred oral alkylating agent for adjuvant chemotherapy in GBm
extends for 6 months
temozolamide
Most aggressive brain tumor
GBM
Associated with loss lf chromodome 22p,
NF II arise from Arachnoidal cells
Calcified whorls k.a. psammoma bodies
Meningioma
Bilateral acoustic schwanoma is associated with
BF II
Psammoma is made up of?
calcium
Dural tail sign
Meningioma
MC putuitary adenom
Prolactinoma
Amenorrhea
Galactorhea
bitemporal hemianopsia
Prolactinoma
surgical approach for Prolactinoma
Transphenoidal
DOC for prolactinoma
Bromocreptine(dopamine agonist)