Robbins Basic Pathology: Path: CNS Flashcards


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what is the CNS defined as

brain and spinal cord

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what are the cells of the CNS

neurons
glia: astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells, microglia)

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what is the added dimension of disease in CNS

traumatic

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where is there nissl substance

dendrites but not axons

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what is this section from

spinal cord

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are neurons or glial cells more common in the CNS

nerons

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what are the glial cells associated with the CNS

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astrocyte
microglial cell
oligodendrocyte
ependymal cell

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what do ependymal cells line

all ventricles and choroid plexus

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what are the most common glial cells

astrocyte

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what are the haloed cells in the CNS

oligodendrocytes

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what are the cells that populate this screen

oligodendrocytes

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why would there be clear spaces around these oligodendrocytes

just like fat (myelin) washes out from Schwann glial cells

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hat cells are lining this space in this frame

ependymal cells

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what cells do ependymal cells look like

ciliated columnar cells

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what is the only glial cell that looks epithelial

ependymal cells (simple columnar like in glands)

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what is the configureation of the choroid plexus

papillary in configuration

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what is the role of the choroid plexus

pump out CSF

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what is this

choroid plexus

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what type of cells is this a cluster of

microglia (MP of CNS)

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what are the cellular reactions of neurons

acute: red neuron=karyolysis
subacute, chronic, cell loss, gliosis
axonal
inclusions

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what are the cellular reactions of glia

gliosis
(swelling, fibers, inclusions)

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what all go hand in hand with gliosis in terms of nonspecific reaction to injury

GLIOSIS
EDEMA
DEMYELINIZATION

nonspecific reactions to almost any type of injury

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what kind of neuronal injury took place here

acute neuronal injury (red nucleus)

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look for gliosis, neuronal loss in this picture

...

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what types of cerebral edema can take place

vasogenic
cytotoxic

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what is the normal weight of the CNS

1200-1300 gms

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what happens in vasogenic cerebral edema

BBB is disturbed; intravascular to intercellular

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what type of cerebral edema is cytotoxic

intracellular

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where can cerebral edema go

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subfalcine (supratentorial)
cingulate (tentorial)
cerebellar tonsillar (subtentorial or infratentorial)

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what is the fourth obvious sign of cerebral edema

flattening of gyri and small sulci

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why do flattened gyri signify edema

compression against calvarium

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what was likely going on here

hemorrhage and edema

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what does notching of the cingulate gyrus indicate

cerebral edema

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what does cerebellar tonsil herniation indicate

cerebral edema

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what are the symptoms of cerebral edema

headache
hallucinations
coma

death

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what can cause hydrocephalus

impaired resorption
increased production (rare)
obstruction

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what is communicating vs noncommunicating hydrocephalus

entire head vs part of the head

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what types of pressures will someone have in hydrocephalus

high pressure and normal pressure

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what is the key factor in whether hydrocephalus will result in any cranial enlargment

fontanelle closure

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which fontanelle stays open for a while

anterior

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what can hydrocephalus on the CT look like

dilated ventricles

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what is going on here

hydrocephalus

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what is this aqueductal stenosis causing

hydrocephalus on MRI

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what space would be more dilated: space after aqueductal stenosis or before it

before

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what type of imaging is this and what is being shown

MRI: water dense in MRI
arrow poniting to periventricular damage, which is more likely with high pressure hydrocephalus

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would dilated ventricles at autopsy signal hydrocephalus

YEP

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where are some places where the CNS is malformed

neural tube
forebrain
posterior fossa (infratentorial)
syringomyelia/hydromyelia

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what are some neural tube malformations

anencephaly
encephalocele
spinal bifida

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what are some forebrain malformations

polymicrogyria
holoprosencephaly
agaensis of CC

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what are some posterior fossa malformations

arnold chiari (infratentorial herniation)
dancy walker (cerebellar cyst)

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what is this

anencephaly

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what antigen is found when spina bifidas are present

AFP

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what type of cancer also has a penchant for AFP presence in the bloodstream

hepatoma

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where is spina bifida usually

bottom of the zipper

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what is polymicrogyria

small gyri

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what is holoprosencephaly

failure of the prosencephalon to develop and separate

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what is the prosencephalon

anterior/superior portion of the neural tube

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what is wrong with this baby

holoprosencephaly

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what is the limiting factor of the falx

corpus callosum

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what is wrong with this brain

absent corpus callosum

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what is the range of symptoms with an absent corpus callosum

mild or partial cases are asymptomatic, severe cases result in severe retardation or fatality

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what is syrinx

dilation of the central canal of the spinal cord

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what is being pointed out

syrinx

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what are some perinatal brain injuries

intraparenchymal hemorrhage
intraventricular hemorrhage
periventricular leukomalacia
cerebral palsy refers to nonprogressive diffuse cerebral pathology apparent at childbirth

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can intracerebral hemorrhage extend intraparenchymally and vice versa

yep

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what types of things can CNS trauma cause

skull fractures
parenchymal injuries
traumatic vascular injury
sequelae
spinal cord trauma

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what are the brain traumas

contusion (bruise)
laceration (tear)
coup/contre coup
concussion

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is a concussion clinical or pathological

clinical

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what is the hallmark of contusion

hemorrhage

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what are the types of skull fractures

hairline
depressed/displaced

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what are skull fractures associated with

epidural hematoma

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if there is contact but no skull fracture what is next on the list of thoughts

subdural hematoma

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what do subarachnoid hematomas result from

some sort of arterial leak, no trauma

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how does an intraparenchymal hemorrhage go

any way

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how does an intraventricular hematoma transpire

no trauma, rare in adults, common in premies

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what does the most superficial layer of the dura blend with

periosteum

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what can subdural hematomas be related to

congenital aneurysms

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where does a subarachnoid hemorrhage occur

big intracranial arteries

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what 2 things commonly cause subarachnoid hemorrhage

hemorrhagic CVAs due to arterial wall rupture

ruptured aneursym

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could HTN be a risk factor for subarachnoid hemorhage

yep

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could intraparenchymal hemorrhage extend/dissect both ways if it is big enough

yes ventricular and subarachnoid

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which way is this intraparenchymal hemorrhage dissecting

intraventricularly

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could an intraventricular hemorrhage diseaect intraparenchymally

yes

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what are the 3 main CNS trauma sequelae

hydrocephalus
dementia (punch drunk syndrome)
diffuse axonal injury

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what is the most common CNS trauma sequelae

hydrocephalus

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what is the more often sequelae of CNS trauma and what is it from

hydrocephalus from impaired reabsorption (hemorrhage that affected reabosrption parasagittally

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is dementia a specific syndrome

no

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what is difffuse axonal injury from

repeated trauma damaging white matter

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what does spinal cord trauma parallel

brain patterns of injury (cellularly)

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what is spinal cord trauma secondary to

spinal column displacement

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what does the level of injury of the spinal cord mirror

motor loss (death, quadriplegia, paraplegia

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know this fucking chart

...

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what are the cereebrovascular diseases usualyl called

stroke

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what are the types of stroke

ischemic and hemorrhagic

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what is another name for ischemic stroke

thrombotic

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what is decreased in ischemic stroke

blood and O2

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what happens in acute ischemic stroke

edema to neuronal microvacuolization to pyknosis to karyorrhexis to neutrophils

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what happens in chronic ischemic stroke

MP to gliosis

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what is hemorrhagic stroke due to usually

rupture of artery/aneurysm

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what does the middle cerebral artery supply

lateral brain

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what does the posterior cerebral artery supply

medial, some posterior and anterior

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what does the anterior cerebral artery supply

medial, some posteiror and anterior

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what has happened here

thrombotic MCA

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what has happened here

hemorrhagic ACA

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what is the only exception in the brain to normal progression of inflammatory response

usually no fibrosis in the brain, gliosis

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where would the CNS be sensitive to HTN

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intracerebral area
basal ganglia region (lenticulostriate arteries of internal capsule and putamen)

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what type of stroks would be more likely in a hypertensive issue

hemorrhagic

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can edema be felt better than seen on gross brain

yep

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what type of infarct is this

lacunar infarct

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are lacunar infarcts asymptomatic? why?

yes because of very small pinpoint size

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what type of hemorrhage is this

slit hemorrhage

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what usually ruptures in a subarachnoid hemorrhage

large intracerebral arteries which are the primary branches of the circle of willis

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what are some causes of subarachnoid hemorrhage

congenital (berry aneurysm)
atherosclerotic (direct wall rupture)

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what is young woman dropping dead instantly for not reason

berry aneurysm

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are berry aneurysms or atherosclerotic aneurysms more common

athero by a LOT

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where are the most common places for berry aneurysms

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what are the types of hypertensive encephalopathy

acute
chronic

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what are the symptoms of acute hypertensive encephalopathy

headaches
confusion
anxiety
convulsions

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what are the symptoms of chronic hypertensive encephalopathy

dementia
gait disturbances
basal ganglia symptoms

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what are some basal ganglia symptoms of hypertensive encephalopathy

tremors
athetosis
chorea
ballism
dystonia

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what are some various CNS infections

acute meningitis
acute focal suppurative infections
chronic bacterial
viral fungal

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what are the main infections of the CNS

meningitis
encephalitis
meningoencephilits

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what causes meningitis (generally)

bacterial

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what causes encephalitis (generally)

viral

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what are the specific causes of meningitis

e. coli, strep b
HIB
n. meningitis
s. pneumo

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what is sign of meningitis infection

PMNs in CSF, increased protein, reduced glucose

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what particular viruses cause encephalitis

arboviruses
HSV
CMV
VZV
polio
rabies
HIV

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what will be present in the virchow robbins spaces in encephalitis

lymphs and MPs

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what is the big CNS invader when someone has HIV

toxoplasma

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how will leptomeninges look for in CNS infection

cloudiness

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what are some acute focal suppurative CNS infections

cerebral abscesses
subdural empyema
extradural abscess

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where can cerebral abscesses take effect

local (mastoiditis, sinusitis)
hematogenous (tooth extraction, sepsis)
staph, strep
fibrous capsule

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what do subdural empyemas take placce in

sinusitis

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where do extradural abscesses take place i n

osteomyelitis

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what is shown here

abscesses with satellits

RIM SIGN

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what is the difference between capsules or pseudocapsules

true capsules are lined with epithelium

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whats all over this abscess

neutrophils

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what is being pointed out here

subdural empyema

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why are many epidural abscesses in the spinal cord secondary to surgery

bone trauma

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what are the chronic bacterial meningoencephalitises

TB, brain and meninges
syphilis: gummas in brain
lyme disaes: neuro borrielosis

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what is a gumma

large granuloma from syphillis

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can large granulomas look like tumors?

yep: tuberculoma

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what is going on here

NeuroBorreliosis: encephalitis BACTERIAL THIS TIM

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why would encephlo-meningitis be a better term than meningo-encephalitis

viruses usually involve CNS parenchyma rather than meninges

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what is th hallmark of viral encephalitis

perivascular lymphocytic cuffing

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wahts going on here

viral encephaitis

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what is bitemporal encephalitis until proven otherwise

HSV

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what is going on here

bitemporal encephalitis

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what is labeled by the arrow

eosinophilic negri body of rabies

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what is this shit

CMV basophilic inclusins

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what if you see perivascular giant cells in white matter

HIV ENCEPHALITIS

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what is the cause of PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy)

JC polyoma virus

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what does PML primarily affect

oligodendrocytes

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what is the main feature of PML

demyelination

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what is demyelination associated with

gliosis and edema

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what is this on the MRI

demyelinization

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what is gliosis associated with

demyelinazation and edema

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what is edema associated with

demyelininzation and gliosis

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what is shown here

gliosis

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what is this

myelin/fat stain of PML: large area in middle with no myelin

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what is subacute sclerosing panencephalitis associated with

measles virus

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what happened here

subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

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what are the fungal meningo-encephalities

cryptococcus
candida
aspergillus
mucor

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what type of stain is this

India ink

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what are these microabscesses caused by

cryptococus

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what simple fungal stain could you use for abnormal areas in the brain

PAS

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what are the "other" things that can infect the CNS

malaria
toxoplasmosis
amebiasis
trypanosomes
rickettsiae
echinococcus

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what are the prion diseases

creutzfeldt-jakob diseasee
gerstmann-straussler-schneinker syndrome
fatal familial insomnia
kuru
scrapie
mink transmissible encephalopathy
chronic wasting disease
BSE

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what are some common features of prion diseases

infectious agents with no DNA
lead to dementia
prion protein accumulation
spongiform changes in neurons and glia
transmissble, fatal no treatment

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why are prion diseases called spongiform

due to spaces between the cells caused by conformational changes

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what is prion replication due to

protein undergoes conformational change to induce neighboring proteins to become like it

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are prion proteins normally found in humans

yes

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what chromosome are prion proteins on

20

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what is this a dead giveaway of

spongiform (prion disease)

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is CJD epidemic

no

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what happens in CJD

rapidly progressive dementia
cerebelar ataxia

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what is affected in CJD

grey matter

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what are some of the demyelinating disaess

MS
MS variants: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalomyelitis

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if not for edema associated with demyelination, would the plaques be seen on MRI

no

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what is the cause of MS

nobody knows

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does MS affect females or males more

females

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when does MS usually take course

30-40

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what is MS a disease against

white matter: plaquing of the nerves

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what is increased in the CSF with MS

CSF gamma globulin/oligoclonal bands

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what does MS often present with

visual probelms

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what is happeneing here

demyelination: MS

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what is stained blue here

myelinated white matter

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grossly, what would plaques look like in contrast to better myelinated areas

less white

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what would plaques look like microscopicallly

demyelination, edema, gliosis, preseravtion of nerve fibers, inflammtory cells

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what are some degenerative disaeses of the CNS

cortex
basal ganglia and brain stem
spinocerebellar
motor neurons

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what are CNS degenerative disaess of the cortex

dementias

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what are CNS degenerative diseass of the BG and brainstem

parkinsonian diseass

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what are CNS degenerative diseass of the spinocerebellar tract

ataxias

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what are CNS degenerative diseass of the motor neurons

muscle atrophy

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what are some cortical degenerative diseas

alzheimer's diseas
frontotemporal dimentia
pick disease
progressive supranuclear palsy
corticobasal degen
vascular dimentias

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what is the most common CNS cortical degenerative diseass

alzheimer's

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what are most of the dementias

tauopathies

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what happens to the cortex (grey matter) in alzhemiers

atropphy

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what is present in alzheimers

neuritic plaques
neurofibrillary tangles
amyloids

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are neuritic plaques just like MS's plaques

NO

201

are the sulci or gyri prominent in cortical atrophy

cortical loss

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what is being shown here

plaques and tangles and beta amyloid of alzhemier's sieas

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what is aneuritic plaque

cluster of nerve fibers surrounding a substance that ends up being beta amyloid

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what is a tangle

phosphorylated MTs around indivdiual neurons

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what is this

neuritic plaque

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what type of stain can be used to find beta amyloid

immunohistochemical stain

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what is ponted out in red and yelow here

red: plaques
yellow: tangles

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what stains are used here

congo red on left
congo red with polarized light on right

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is there alpha amyloid

yes with Igproliferative disaess like myelomas

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what is being ponited out here

neurons with tangles displacing nucleus

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...

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what is a tangle

hyperphosphorylation of a neuron microtubule, causing it to precipitate

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what are the "other" cortical dementias

tau gene proteins/tauopathies

frontotmeporal
pick disaese (lobar atrophy)
progressive supranuclear palsy
corticobasal degeneration
vascular dementia

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what are most cortical dementias known as

tauopathies

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what is vascular dementia associated with

multiple infarcts: lacunar, cortical, embolic

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what is the second commonest form of dimentia after alzheimer

vascular dimentia

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what is this and how do we know

MID because MS is purely white matter loss

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what are the CNS degenerative diseases in the basal ganglia and brainstem

parkinsonism
parkinson diseas
multiple system atrophy
huntington disaes

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is parkinsonism a clinical syndrome or a diseas

clinical syndrome

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what are the featurs of parkinson syndrome

diminished facial expression
stooped posture
slowness of voluntary movement
festinating gait (short, fast)
rigidity
pillrolling tremor

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what is the clinical finding of parkinsonism

substantia nigra pathologic state

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what are some other substantia nigra diseass

parkinson diseas
multiple system atrophy
postencephalic parkinsonism
progressive supranuclear palsy, cortical basilar degeneration

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what is the key idea in parkinsonsim

not enough dopamine

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where is there pallor in parkinson's disease

substantia nigra and locus ceruleus

LEWY BODIES ALSO present

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what are lewy bodies

alpha-synuclien protein

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what happened here

parkinson's diseas as seen in SN

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what happened here

parkinsons diseas as seen in LC

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which patient has parkinson's

right becuase of decreased dopamine

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what is this and what is it from (disease)

lewy body

parkinson's

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along iwth the parkinson symptoms, what does parkinsons disaese involve

progressive symptoms
hallucinations
dementia
symptomatic response to Ldopa

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what happens in multiple system atrophy

wide spectrum of diseasses

glial cytoplasmic inclusions in oligodendrocytes (alpha synuclein)

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what are the clinical symptoms of multiple system atrophy

parkinsonism
autonomic dysfunction

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what is this

alpha synuclein stains

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what type of disease is Huntingon's

genetic

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what happens in Huntingon's

progressive motor loss and dementia

chorea and jerky movements

fatal

atrophy of basal ganglia (corpus striatum

ventricular enlargment

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what types of disesases are spinocerebellar degenerations

ataxias

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what are some spinocerebellar degenerations

spinocerebellar ataxias
Friedrich ataxia
ataxia telangiectasia

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what are some motor neuron diseass

ALS
bulbospinal atrophy (kennedy syndrome)
spinal muscular atrophy

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what is the etiology of ALS

unknown

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what is ALS

progressive muscle atrophy due to motor neuron loss

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what does ALS progress from

hand weaknes to diaphragm

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where does ALS take place

anteiror horn cells reduece and gliotic

demyelination in corticospinal tracts

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what is this a pic of

ALS

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what are the categories of genetic metabolic diseass

neuronal storage diseases

leukodystrophies

mitochondrial encephalitis

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what trait do the neuronal storage diseases have

classical autosomal recessive enzyme deficiencies

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whta do the leukodystrophies present

abnormal myelin synthesis

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what happens with mitochondrial encephalopathies

mitochondrial gene mutations

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what are the major leukodystrophies

Krabbe
metachromatic
adreno
pelizaeus-merzbacher
canavan

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what are leukodystorphies

a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the myelinated white matter of the brain

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what are leukodystrophies caused by

imperfect growth/development of myelin due to genetic defects in the enzymes required for proper myelin production and maintenance

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what are the acquired toxic/metabolic CNS diseases

vitamin B1 def (Wernicke-Korsakoff)
vitamin B12 def (vibratory sense)
diabetes (increase/decreased glucose)
hepatic failure (NH4)
CO (cortex, hippocampus, purkinje cells)
CH3-OH (retinal ganglion cells)
CH3-CH2-OH (acute/chronic, direct/nutritional)
radiation (brain most resistant to radiation therapy)
chemo (methtrexate+radiation)

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what is the showing of wernicke korsakoff syndrome

hemorrhagic mamillary bodies

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what column will demyelinate in B12 deficiency

posterior column (subacute combined degeneration)

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what is earliest clinical symptom of Wernicke Korsakoff

loss of vibratory sense

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what are some CNS tumors

gliomas of astrocytes, oligodendrogliomas, ependymomas

neuroblastomas

medulloblastomas

meningiomas

lymphomas

metastatic

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what do ependymal cells look like

glandular

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what do oligodendrocytes have around them

halos

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what do meningiomas have the constistency of

super ball

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are primary lymphomas of the brain rare? when are they common

yes
AIDS most common

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if there is just one lesion in the brain, what is the probablity it is primary

50/50

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if there is a nonprimary tumor in the brain, where did it pprobably come from

lung

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what are the symptoms of CNS tumors

headache
vomiting
mental changes
motor problems
seizures
increased IC pressure
any localizting CNS abnormality

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do CNS tumors present abruptly

no very subtle, only appear after tumor is sizeable

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what is the routine workup of CNS tumors

history
physcial
neurologic exam
LP (cytology)
CT
MRI
brain angiography
biopsy

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what are the questions to be asked of a CNS tuomor

benign or malignant
primary or met
location
age
x ray density and MRI signals
calcifications
vascularity
necrosis
liquefaction
edema
compression of neighbors

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how old are people that normally get CNS tumors

younger

267

what do certain CNS tumors have an abundant amount of

Ca

268

what do you do an angiogram for in CNS tumors

vascularity determinatino (how much this thing has grown)

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gliosis vs. glioma, how to tell

age
white vs grey matter
gross texture
vascularity
mitoses
N/C, pleomorhpism, hyperchromasia
calcifications
cysts
satellitosis
delineation

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what is a good indication of malignancy

vascularity and necrosis in high amounts usually indicate malignancy

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gliiosis or glioma

could be either one

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what is this

glioma, intermediate grade

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what is this

glioma high grade

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what is needed for the diagnosis of a high grade glioma

necrosis

275

what are the higher grade gliomas called

gliobastome multiforme

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what is often seen in GBM

perivascular growth pattern

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what is this

GBM

palisading and necrosis

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what is the sign of rapid growth in a tumor

central necrosis

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why would there be central necrosis in a tumor

outgrows blood supply and liquiefies centrally, like abscess

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what is this

central necrosis

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what kinds of glial cells are these

oligodendrocytes

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what is this

oligodendroglioma

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where do oligodendroglomas frequently occur

frontal or temporal lobes

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what are oligodendroglioma classifications

low or high grade

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who are oligodendrogliomas commmon in

men and women 20-40, but also children

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are oligodendrogliomas more common in men or wome

men

287

how many of brain tumors are oligodendrogliomas

2%

288

what chromosome losses are associated with oligodendrogliomas

1p or 19q

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what is this

ependymomas

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would a choroid plexus tumor be a type of ependymoma

yep

291

would an ependymoma result in an overproduction of CSF

yep

292

are ependymomas diffuse in the brain

no, localized

293

where do ependymomas develop from

cells that line the hollow cavities at bottom of brian and canal containing the spinal cord

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do ependymomas grow slow or fast

either

295

where are ependymomas located

ventricles

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where do ependymomas extend

spinal cord

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what can ependymomas do

block ventricles causing hydrocephalus

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what does occurrence peak in ependymomas

5 and 34

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how many brain cancer are ependymomas

2%

300

what do ependymomas look most like

adenocarcinoma

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what type of cancer is this

neuroblastoma (rosettes)

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what is any midline cerebellum tumor in a child until proven otherwise

medulloblastoma

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are medulloblastomas PNET tumors

yes

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what is this

medulloblastoma

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where do meningiomas occur

where dura is

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are meningiomas vascular

yes

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are meningtiomas benign

yes but can be invasive

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what do meningiomas invade

areas adjacent to dura, parasagittal, falx, tentorium, venous sinuses

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what are meningiomas like

well defined like a superball

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what are often meningiomas have

psammoma bodies

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what is part of this meningioma denser than

bone

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what is this

meningioma

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other than meningiomas what are psammoma bodies diagnostic of

papillary carcinomas

314

what CNS diseases are common in AIDS

toxoplasmosis
lymphomas
encephalitis

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what is this

toxoplasmoma

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what are the metastatic CNS tumors that go to the brain

lung
breast
melanoma
kidney
GI

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is a solitary brain mass more likely to be metastatic or primary

same odds

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what are the paraneoplastic syndromes

small cell, lung
lymphomas
breast cancer

purkinje cell degen
encephalitis, limbic system
sensory neurodegen (DRG)
eye movement disorders

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what are the familial CNS tumor syndromes

NF1 (neurofibromas and gliomas)
NF2 (schwannomas and meningiomas)

tuberous sclerosis (CNS and somatic hamartomas)
Von hippel lindau (CNS hemangioblastomas, chiefly cerebellar)