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09/26/2005

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Term
what percent of kids tumors are in the CNS?
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20
Term
2 tumors of the pineal gland...
Definition
germinoma, pineocytoma
Term
2 tumors of the pituitary...
Definition
adenoma, craniopharyngioma
Term
what sort of astrocytoma is a GBM?
Definition
IV
Term
grading of astrocytomas
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1. cellularity 2. mitosis 3. vasc hyperplasia 4. necrosis
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gross path of GBM
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yellow necrosis, reddish hemm, cystic change, may cross CC
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a tumor with gross yellow necrosis, reddish hemm, cystic changes
Definition
GBM
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gross path of fibrillary astrocytoma
Definition
expansion of white, gray white blurring
Term
a tumor with gross expansion of white matter and blurring of the gray-white line?
Definition
fib ast
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micropath: fibrillary process, mild pleomorphism, no mitosis or vasc hyperplasia?
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fib ast
Term
micropath: pleomorphic mal astros, necrosis, vasc hyperplasia, mitosis
Definition
GBM
Term
what is a common cause of oligodendrocytomas?
Definition
LOH
Term
common sites of ependymomas
Definition
4th, filum terminale
Term
micropath: true rosettes, pseudorosettes
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ependymoma
Term
where are medulloblastomas in kids?
Definition
cerebellum
Term
micropath: sheets of undiff cells, scant cyto, dark nuclei, rosettes
Definition
medulloblastoma
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when do you get meningiomas?
Definition
50s.60s
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micropath: sheets and whorls of semisensitial cells, pale nuclei
Definition
meningioma
Term
micropath: spindle cells in fascicles, antoni patters
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Schwannoma
Term
age of pit adenoma?
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30-60s
Term
micropath: monotonous sheet of neuroendocrine cell
Definition
pit adenoma
Term
% of CNS tumors that are mets?
Definition
25-30
Term
most common met to CNS?
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lung, breast
Term
where do you usually find brain mets?
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gray-white jxn
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where do you usually find fib astrocytomas?
Definition
cerebral hemispheres
Term
where do you find oligodendrocytomas?
Definition
frontal/temporal lobees
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