CNS Pathology
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2007-03-02 18:02
CNS Pathology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Glioblastoma multiforme | pseudopalisading, nuclease |
| Meningioma | Whorls |
| Schawnoma | CN VIII (Bilateral=NF2) |
| Oligodendroglioma | intracerebral mass, calcifications |
| Pilocytic astrocytoma | diffusely infiltrating, rosenthal (eosinophilic, corkscrew) fibers |
| Medulloblastoma | cerebellum |
| Hemangioblastoma | associated with Von Hippel Lindau |
| Craniopharyngioma | benign childhood tumor confused w/ pituatary adenoma, calcifications common |
| Ependymoma | 4th ventricle tumor in kids, spinal cord tumor in adults |
| Ehlors Danlos | collagen vascular disease, berry aneurysm |
| Guillon Barre | Flu like, ascending symmetrical muscle weakness, cross-rxn to myelin |
| Tuberous scleros | facial red nodules, seizures, renal angiomyelolipoma, rhabdomyoma |
| Neuroblastoma | malignant neuroblasts resembling neural crest cells proliferating in adrenal medulla, sympathetic ganglia, rarely CNS. (not pheocromocytoma) |
| Grows in a diffuse pattern | Astrocytoma, Glioblastoma multiforme |
