Tumors and Paraneoplastic Syndromes Flashcards
The 61-year-old businessman underwent surgery last year for carcinoma of the lung.
He has been suffering from headaches for about 3 weeks, which intensify with
coughing, flatulence and bending over. Analgesics do not help. He has discrete leftsided haemiparesis. It is probably:
a. brain metastases
b. carcinoma mening
c. sinusitis
d. meningitis (stiff neck, vomiting)
a. brain metastases
The incidence of brain tumours (primary and metastases) is approximately:
a. 1/100.000
b. 10/100.000
c. 30/100.000
d. 100/100.000
c. 30/100.000
The most common manifestation of low-grade pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is:
a. epilepsy
b. hemiparesis
c. cerebellar ataxia
d. hemianopsia
a. epilepsy
The most common localisation of pilocytic astrocytoma in children is:
a. Brainstem
b. Little Brains
c. optic nerve
d. thalamus
b. Little Brains
Which drug should be prescribed for a patient with a malignant oedematous tumour?
a. mannitol
b. sumatriptan
c. dexamethasone
d. oxygen mask
c. dexamethasone
Where are tumours most commonly found in children?
a. infratentorial
b. supratentorial
c. on the meninges
d. in the spinal cord
a. infratentorial
Where are brain metastases most commonly found?
a. on the surface of the crust
b. at the boundary between white and grey matter
c. on the meninges
d. in the liquor rooms
b. at the boundary between white and grey matter
The edema around a tumour growing in the brain is?
a. vasogenic
b. cytotoxic
a. vasogenic
Calcifications are characteristic of:
a. pilocytic astrocytoma
b. glioblastoma
c. to the seamstress
d. oligodendroglioma
d. oligodendroglioma
Which is the most common glioma?
a. pilocytic astrocytoma
b. meningeom
c. oligodendroglioma
d. glioblastoma
e. ependymom
d. glioblastoma
Which tumour is malignant?
a. nevrinom
b. neurofibrom
c. ependymom
d. meningeom
c. ependymom
Where will ependymoma occur in an adult?
a. conus medullaris and filum terminale
b. Little Brains
c. cerebral hemispheres
d. thoracic spinal cord
a. conus medullaris and filum terminale
Which tumour does not metastasise to the brain?
a. carcinoma of the lung
b. prostate cancer
c. breast carcinoma
d. malignant melanoma
b. prostate cancer
Which medicine will not be used to treat prolactinoma:
a. ropinirole
b. Pramipexola
c. propranolol
d. bromocriptine
c. propranolol
Spinal meningiomas are most commonly seen in:
a. younger women
b. older women
c. younger men
d. older men
b. older women
Neurinoma will most commonly affect:
a. CN VI
b. CN VII
c. CN VIII
d. CN IX
c. CN VIII
Pituitary adenoma is most commonly secreted by:
a. prolactin
b. ACTH
c. TSH
d. FSH/LH
e. GH
a. prolactin
How does a tumour in the left brainstem appear?
a. affected sensation of temperature and pain on the ipsilateral side
of the face and contralateral side of the body
b. affected sensation of temperature and pain on the contralateral side of the
face and contralateral side of the body
c. ipsilateral impaired sense of touch in the ring around the corner of the mouth
d. contralateral affected sense of touch in the ring around the corner of the mouth
a. affected sensation of temperature and pain on the ipsilateral side
of the face and contralateral side of the body
Which tumour is most characteristic of neurofibromatosis type 2?
a. gangliogliom
b. glioblastoma
c. bilateral VIIIth cranial nerve schwannoma
d. neuroblastoma
e. pilocytic astrocytoma
c. bilateral VIIIth cranial nerve schwannoma
What is not caused by a tumour growing in the parietal nondominant hemisphere?
a. finger agnosias
b. anosognosia
c. geographical agnosia
d. apraxia of dress
a. finger agnosias
Which tumour most commonly occludes nerves in the sphenoid sinus?
a. meningeom
b. pituitary
a. meningeom
A 76-year-old man’s cerebellum tumour is most likely:
a. metastasis
b. medulloblastoma
c. ependymom
d. meningeom
a. metastasis
A woman has grown a tumour that is causing her hearing problems. It is most likely to have
arisen from:
a. astrocita
b. Schwann cells
c. oligodendrocyte
d. ependymal cells
b. Schwann cells
A patient with a brain tumour has daily complex partial seizures. The oncologist
will then treat him with vincristine. Which antiepileptic is best:
a. carbamazepine
b. oxcarbazepine
c. primidone
d. valproate
e. levetiracetam
e. levetiracetam
What is not a microscopic feature of glioblastoma:
a. necrosis
b. Guest
c. glomeruloid vascular structures
d. multinucleated giant cell tumours
e. Rosenthal fibres
e. Rosenthal fibres
It has the most favourable forecast:
a. medulloblastoma
b. pilocytic astrocytoma
c. anaplastic astrocytoma
d. glioblastoma
b. pilocytic astrocytoma