Brain Tumours

Question 1

Where do secondary brain tumours metastasise from?

Answer 1

Skin
Renal
Breast
Lung

Question 2

What are the symptoms of a brain tumour due to?

Answer 2

Raised IOP

Question 3

How do brain tumours present?

Answer 3

• Headache
• Papilledema
• Altered metal state
• Seizure
• Unilateral ptosis
• Visual field defect

Question 4

How is the headache described?

Answer 4

Constant
Nocturnal
Worse when bending, straining, coughing and walking
Morning headache

Question 5

What is the most common type of brain tumour in adults?

Answer 5

Glioblastoma

Question 6

How is a glioblastoma described?

Answer 6

Solid tumours with central necrosis

Question 7

What is an astrocytoma?

Answer 7

Tumour of the glial cells

Question 8

What is the most common type of astrocytoma?

Answer 8

Glioblastoma

Question 9

How are astrocytoma’s categorised?

Answer 9

Graded from 1-4

Question 10

What is the most aggressive astrocytoma?

Answer 10

Glioblastoma

Question 11

What grade is the glioblastoma?

Answer 11

Grade 4

Question 12

What is a meningioma?

Answer 12

Tumour of arachnocytes

Question 13

What layer of mater does a meningioma affect?

Answer 13

Dura mater

Question 14

How is a meningioma described?

Answer 14

Slow growing and usually resectable

Question 15

Is a meningioma benign or malignant?

Answer 15

Benign

Question 16

What type of tumour is a meningioma?

Answer 16

Extrinsic tumour of the CNS

Question 17

How does a meningioma increase IOP?

Answer 17

Takes up space within the skull

Question 18

How is a meningioma diagnosed?

Answer 18

CT scan

Question 19

What is characteristic of a meningioma?

Answer 19

Psammoma bodies

Question 20

What are Psammoma bodies?

Answer 20

Bland cells form small groups with calcification

Question 21

What is another name for an Acoustic neuroma?

Answer 21

Vestibular Schwannoma

Question 22

What is an acoustic neuroma?

Answer 22

Benign tumour arising from the eighth cranial nerve

Question 23

What is an acoustic neuroma a tumour of?

Answer 23

Schwann cells

Question 24

Where does an acoustic neuroma occur?

Answer 24

In the cerebellopontine angle

Question 25

How is an acoustic neuroma described?

Answer 25

Slow growing and unilateral

Question 26

What is acoustic neuroma called if it is bilateral?

Answer 26

Neurofibromatosis 2

Question 27

What symptoms present with an acoustic neuroma?

Answer 27

Hearing loss Tinnitus Balance problems

Question 28

What is the histology of an acoustic neuroma?

Answer 28

Verocay bodies-antoni A or B pattern

Question 29

What type of tumour is common in children?

Answer 29

Medulloblastoma

Question 30

What type of tumour is a medulloblastoma?

Answer 30

Aggressive paediatric tumour

Question 31

Where does a medulloblastoma tumour occur?

Answer 31

In the infratentorial compartment

Question 32

What is a medulloblastoma a tumour of?

Answer 32

Tumour of primitive neuroectoderm

Question 33

What is the histology of a medulloblastoma?

Answer 33

Small blue cells rosette pattern

Question 34

What is a hemangioblastoma?

Answer 34

Vascular tumour of cerebellum

Question 35

What is a hemangioblastoma associated with?

Answer 35

Von Hippel Lindau syndrome

Question 36

What is the histology of a hemangioblastoma?

Answer 36

Foam cells and highly vascularised

Question 37

Along with the 8th nerve, which other nerves are affected in someone with a vestibular schwannoma?

Answer 37

5 and 7