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Getting On My Nerves
It's In The Genes
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100
Name a Tumor Predominantly Found in Females
What are Meningioma, Neurofibroma, Pineocytoma, and Pituitary tumor?
100
Medulloblastoma
What is Grade IV?
100
Tumor That Arises From Fibroblasts and Schwann Cells
What is Neurofibroma?
100
Congenital Mass That Results from enclosure of ectodermal elements when neural tube closes
What is Epidermoid?
100
Mimics neoplasms & occurs in anterosuperior portion of 3rd ventricle near the foramen of Monro
What is a Colloid Cyst?
200
Intra-Axial Lesions with Marked Surrounding Edema
What are Metastasis, Abscess, Glioblastoma multiforme, Radiation necrosis, and Hematoma?
200
Ependymoma
What is Grade II?
200
Tumor That Arises From Schwann Cells That Form Myelin Sheaths of Axons
What is Schwannoma?
200
Less Common Congenital Mass That Results From Ectodermal Elements When Neural Tube Closes and Contains “pilosebaceous unit
What is Dermoid?
200
Highly malignant & frequently hemorrhagic; Elevated alpha-fetoprotein; Elevated HCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin)
What is Choriocarcinoma?
300
Name 2 Cancers That Metastasize to the Intra-Axial AND Extra-Axial CNS
What are Lung carcinoma and Breast carcinoma?
300
Central Neurocytoma
What is Grade II?
300
Specific Nerve Sheath Tumor Identified By Its Location Within The Pontine Cistern at the Mid-Pons Level
What is Trigeminal Schwannoma?
300
Asymptomatic; Occurs at all ages; MC in interhemispheric falx (assoc w/agenesis of corpus callosum), quadrigeminal plate, and suprasellar regions; Arise from incomplete resorption of meninx primitiva as it develops into the subarachnoid space; MR: T1 hyperintensity following SQ fat; No enhancement is seen; Chemical shift artifact or signal suppression on fat saturation T1 = diagnosis
What is a lipoma?
300
Most Common Sellar Mass By Fat
What are Pituitary Adenomas?
400
Name 4 Suprasellar Masses
What are Sella (pituitary) tumor, Sarcoid, Aneurysm, Arachnoid Cyst, Teratoma, Hypothalamic glioma, Hamartoma of tuber cinercum, Histiocytosis, Meningioma, and Optic nerve glioma?
400
Pineoblastoma
What is Grade IV?
400
2 Cranial Nerves Most Affected By Schwannomas
What is CN VIII and V?
400
Results From a Prior Inflammatory Process; True ones are created by secretion of CSF from cells lining cyst and are intra-arachnoidal
What is an Arachnoid Cyst?
400
Derived from the pars tuberalis of the anterior pituitary gland
What is Craniopharyngioma?
500
Name 4 Masses of the Anterosuperior 3rd Ventricle
What are Colloid cyst, Meningioma, Choroid plexus papilloma, Hamartoma, Glioma, Vascular lesion, and Granulomatous disease?
500
Choroid Plexus Papilloma
What is Grade I?
500
Specific Bilateral Tumor Associated with NF2
What is Vestibular Schwannoma?
500
Rare congenital malformation of normal neuronal tissue; MC in boys w/precocious puberty, gelastic seizures, developmental delay, and hyperactivity; Mass: well circumscribed, round or oval, & centered in region of tuber cinereum (base of infundibulum); Characteristic location: stalk connecting mass w/tuber cinereum or mamillary bodies
What is Hemartoma of the Tuber Cinereum?
500
Often Seen in a Young Person with Tuberous Sclerosis In The Region of Foramen of Monro
What is Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma?