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Radiology
Cerebellar
hemisphere
Optic
nerve/chiasm
Hypothalamus
Discrete
appearing,
contrast
enhancing
lesion
with
cystic,
mural
nodule
Temporal
lobe
Posterior
frontal
lobe
Anterior
Parietal
lobe
Glioblastoma
AKA:
Glioblastoma
Multiforme
(GBM)
Grade IV
Oligodendrioglioma
Grade
II
or
III
Frontal lobes
Clinical
Presentation
significantly
Seizures
Headache
Enhancing
ring
is
cellular
tumor
Non-enhancing
center
is
cyst
Tumor
cells
present
>15mm
beyond
the
ring
butterfly
glioma
Seizures
Treatment
Others
Cerebellar
PCA:
Maximal
surgical
excision
Optic
glioma:
If
optic
nerve
is
spared
excision
If
chiasm
is
involved
biopsy,
chemo
or
radiotherapy
Surgery
Radiation
Chemotherapy
MC
Primary
tumor
Most
malignant
Surgery
Chemotherapy
Radiotherapy
for
transformation
brain
Choroid
Papilloma
Plexus Grade I
Children:
Supratentorial
Adults:
Infratentorial
Medulloblastoma
Grade IV
Children
Ependymoma
Grade II
Floor of 4 ventricle
th
Craniospinal MRI
Inc.
ICP:
Headache
N/V
Craniomegaly
Surgery
Headache
Surgery
debulk
N/V
Radiotherapy
Ataxia
Irritability,
Lethargy
and
Macrocrania
MC
malignant
PEDIATRIC
brain
tumor
Poor
prognosis:
<3yo
Drop
mets.
2
Tumor
residual
>1.5cm
Inc
ICP:
Headache,
N/V,
ataxia
Hearing
loss
Tinnitus
Dysequilibrium
Expectant
mngmt
Radiation
Surgery
Chemotherapy
MC
Intracranial:
Vestibular
Schwannoma
If
bilateral,
associated
with
NF2
Superior
vestibular
Cranial
MRI
nerve
at
the
Pure
tone
audiogram
Obersteiner-Redlich
zone
Meninges
Meningioma
Grade
I,
II
or
III
Depends
location
nd
on
Surgery
Radiotherapy
Depends
on
Simpson
Grading
2
MC
primary
intracranial
tumor
Lymphomas
and
Hemopoeitic
Neoplasms
CNS
Lymphoma
Children
Hydrocephalus
N/V
Parinauds
syndrome
Precocious
puberty
Surgery - biopsy
B-HCG:
Choriocarcinoma
AFP:
endodermal
sinus
tumor
PLAP:
germinoma
Endocrine
disturbance
Mass
effect
Pituitary
apoplexy
Prolactinoma
Bromocriptine
GH
secreting
Ocreotide
Surgery
Radiotherapy
Adenohypophysis
(anterior
pituitary)
Cranial MRI
Metastatic
Tumors
Brain
Metastasis
CT Scan
Spine
Tumors
Spinal
epidural
metastases
Lung,
prostate,
lymphoma
Spinal Meningioma
82% thoracic
Spinal Schwanomma
40-70
yo
Females
Intradural
intramedullary
Grade I
Dorsal
rootlets
breast,
GI,
(sensory)
Males
in
Filum
rd
3
to
th
6
decade
Radicular
symptoms
(shooting
pain
at
dermatome
level)
Excision
Surgery
Stereotactic
surgery
Whole
brain
RT
Chemotherapy
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