Brain:Spinal cord tumors 10:1 TUMORS OF CNS Brain tumors:10-17/100,000 , 20% of childhood tumors Spinal cord tumors: 1-2/100,000 Brain:Spinal cord tumors 10:1
Brain tumors are basically catagorised as -benign -malignant –common than benign in the brain
Malignancies can be either Primary Secondary
Specific Features: Location within the brain may be more important than nature of tumor
In children, 70% are infra- tentorial (posterior fossa) In adults 70% supratentorial
Significance Tumors can effect any part of the brain and depending on what part(s) of the brain it affects can have a number of symptoms. Seizures Difficulty with language Mood changes Change of personality Changes in vision, hearing, and sensation. Difficulty with muscle movement Difficulty with coordination control
Cancers Grading Low-grade Well-differentiated (benign) with abetter prognosis. High-grade Undifferentiated (malignant) with worst prognosis
3- meninges Meningioma Classification of Tumors :according to the cell of origin 1- Glial cells Glioma I- Astrocytoma & variants ii- Oligodendroglioma iii-Ependymoma iv- Microglioma 2- Primitive cells Medulloblastoma, Neuroblastoma 3- meninges Meningioma 4- Nerve Sheath Schwannoma (Neurilemmoma), Neurofibroma 5- Lymphoreticular cells Lymphoma 6- Others
1- ASTROCYTOMA Commonest glial tumour Different types Different age groups
, CT / Glioblastoma Multiforme
Ependymoma in 4th.ventricle
Ependymal Rosettes
MEDULLOBLASTOMA: cerebellar tumor in children - Hydrocephalus &ICP occur early - Radiation + chemotherapy better -CSF dissemination
CT- Medulloblastoma
Medulloblastoma
Medulloblastoma/ Rosettes
MENINGIOMA : Arise from meninges in brain or spinal cord. More in adult females Most are none cancerous
Meningioma
Meningioma
METASTATIC TUMORS Account for about 25-50% of solid intracranial tumors Solid tumors: Lung Breast Melanoma. Kidney. GIT
Spinal cord tumors
INTRASPINALTUMORS Classified according to location in relation to the dura Extradural- arising from the extradural space Intradural - originating within the neural tissue. 1. Extramedullary arising from the blood vessels, meninges or nerve roots, forming an intradural tumor Ex- Neurofibromas(Nerve sheath tumor) grow in the nerve root that extends into the extradural space Meningiomas tumor originates from the dura matter and arachnoid membranes
Intramedullary tumors arisingfromwithin the substance o the spinalcorditself
Treatment Surgery Chemotherapy and radiotherapy for malignancies