NeurOnc 09

Topic: Pathology

Created on Saturday, February 14 2009 by gliageek

Last modified on Saturday, February 14 2009.

 
        A) Child with Pallister-Hall syndrome
 
        B) Adolescent female
 
        C) Newborn
 
        D) Elderly male
 
        E) Postpartum woman
 

 

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This question was created on February 14, 2009 by gliageek.
This question was last modified on February 14, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

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A) Child with Pallister-Hall syndrome

This answer is incorrect.

Pallister-Hall syndrome includes hypothalamic hamartoblastoma  (See References)

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B) Adolescent female

This answer is incorrect.

Germinoma and langerhans cell histiocytosis are much more common in teenage girls  (See References)

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C) Newborn

This answer is incorrect.

Rarely, newborns may present with germ cell tumors or PNETs in this location  (See References)

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D) Elderly male

This answer is incorrect.

Uncommon, though actually where this biopsy came from  (See References)

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E) Postpartum woman

This answer is correct.

Lymphocytic hypophysitis is most commonly encountered in postpartum women  (See References)

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References:

1. Graham, D.I., and Lantos, P.L. (2002). Greenfield's Neuropathology, 7th ed. Arnold Press, New York. (ISBN:0340742313)

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