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Nervous System | Pharmacist (Pharm.D) School Study Aid
Craniopharyngioma
- Hypopituitarism
- Remnants of Rathke's Pouch
- Tooth-enamel Like Calcification
- Cholesterol Crystals
- Yellow Viscous Fluid
- Headache
- Bitemporal Hemianopsia
1 min
Pilocytic Astrocytoma
- Occurs Most Commonly in Kids
- Posterior Fossa
- Cerebellum
- Well Circumscribed
- GFAP
- Rosenthal Fibers
- Eosinophilic Corkscrew Fibers
1 min
Ependymoma
- Occur in Children
- Fourth Ventricle
- Hydrocephalus
- Perivascular Pseudorosettes
- Rod Shaped Blepharoplasts
- Cauda Equina in Adults
- Poor Prognosis
- Neurofibromatosis Type II
2 mins
Oligodendroglioma
- Slow growing tumor
- Frontal lobe
- Chicken Wire Pattern
- Fried egg appearance
- Calcifications
32 secs
Schwannoma
- Characteristics
- Acoustic Schwannoma
- Cranial Nerve VIII
- Cerebellopontine Angle
- S100 Positive
- Bilateral Schwannoma in Neurofibromatosis Type 2
- Tinnitus
- Cranial Nerve V
- Affects Corneal Reflex
2 mins
Glioblastoma Multiforme
- Most Common Malignant Primary Brain Tumor
- Grade 4 Astrocytoma
- Can Cross Corpus Callosum
- Butterfly Glioma
- Pseudo-palisading Tumor Cells
- Areas of Necrosis and Hemorrhage
- Stain Astrocytes for Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP)
- Grave Prognosis
2 mins
Hemangioblastoma
- Most Often Cerebellar
- Associated with Von Hippel-Lindau
- Retinal Angiomas
- Can Produce EPO
- Secondary Polycythemia
- Foamy Cells
- High Vascularity
59 secs
Medulloblastoma
- Pathophysiology
- Occurs in Children
- Cerebellum
- Fourth Ventricle
- Diagnosis
- Small Blue Cells
- Lots of Mitotic Figures
- Homer Wright Rosettes
- Signs and Symptoms
- Hydrocephalus
- Ataxia
- Wide-based Gait
- Treatment
- Radiosensitive
2 mins
Prolactinoma
- Pituitary Adenoma
- Galactorrhea
- Prolactin Inhibits Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone
- Impotence
- Amenorrhea
- Bitemporal Hemianopsia
- Treat with Dopamine
2 mins
Meningioma
- Epidemiology
- Most Common Adult Primary Brain Tumor
- pathology
- Benign
- Originate from Arachnoid Villi
- Dural Attachment
- Parasagittal
- Clinical Manifestations
- Contralateral Leg Weakness
- Seizures
- Diagnosis
- Psammoma Bodies
- Calcifications
- Increased Bone Density
3 mins
Pinealoma
- Pathophysiology
- Melatonin
- Superior Colliculi
- Obstructs Cerebral Aqueduct
- Signs and Symptoms
- Obstructive Hydrocephalus
- Vomiting
- Parinaud's Syndrome
- Paralysis of Upward Gaze
- Setting Sun Sign
- Increased Beta-hCG
- Precocious Puberty
2 mins
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