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Neurocutaneous 08

Topic: Pathology

Created on Monday, February 16 2009 by gliageek

Last modified on Monday, February 16 2009.


Courtesy of Dr. Mark Cohen
This is the most common nervous system tumor in which of the following syndromes?

 
        A) Li-Fraumeni
 
        B) Cowden disease
 
        C) APC-related Turcot syndrome
 
        D) Gorlin syndrome
 
        E) Carney complex
 

 


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A) Li-Fraumeni

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70% of nervous system tumors in Li-Fraumeni are infiltrating gliomas; ~20% are medulloblastomas  (See References)

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B) Cowden disease

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Dysplastic gangliocytoma of cerebellum  (See References)

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C) APC-related Turcot syndrome

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Medulloblastomas are more common than GBMs  (See References)

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D) Gorlin syndrome

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Medulloblastoma, usually desmoplastic  (See References)

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E) Carney complex

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Psammomatous melanotic schwannoma  (See References)

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References:

1. Love, S., Louis, D.N., and Ellison, D.W. (2008). Greenfield's Neuropathology, 8th Edition. Oxford University Press, USA (ISBN:0340906820)Advertising:
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Neurocutaneous 08
Question ID: 021609120
Question written by gliageek. (C) FrontalCortex.com 2006-2009, all rights reserved. Created: 02/16/2009
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