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Q&A and Sample Case Answers
Microbiology Question of the Month
Answer: c. Dorsal root ganglion cells (see PreTest Neuroscience, 6th edition for explanations!)
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Clinical Case of the Month
Related tumors: Low-grade astrocytomas and anaplastic astrocytomas
Imaging characteristics: A ring-enhancing lesion in the left parietal lobe with surrounding edema and mass effect.
Neuropathological findings: GBMs exhibit marked hypercellularity, nuclear pleomorphism, vascular proliferation, and pseudopalisading of tumor cells around areas of necrosis.
Sample Q&A for the USMLE
Neuroscience Question of the Month (From PreTest: Neuroscience, 6th edition)
In the course of development, an abnormality appears in which neural crest cells fail to develop. Which of the following cell types is most clearly affected by this abnormality?
a. Dorsal horn cells
b. Ventral horn cells
c. Dorsal root ganglion cells
d. Hypoglossal neurons
e. Intermediolateral cell column neurons
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Clinical Case of the Month
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From Case Files: Neuroscience--NEW!
A 53-year-old male presents to the emergency department following a new-onset generalized seizure. After recovery from the seizure period, he is alert and oriented to person, place, and time, although he has no specific memory of the seizure. There are no neurological deficits noted on the physical examination and laboratory values are unremarkable. The patient undergoes surgery for resection of the malignancy and is diagnosed with a malignant primary brain tumor, which is read as a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). The neurosurgeon's plan is to place the patient on long-term seizure prophylaxis and steroids, and radiation treatment to the operative bed.
--What other types of tumors are most closely related to this patient's malignancy?
--What are the imaging findings most characteristic of these types of tumors?
--What are the hallmark pathological findings of these types of tumors?
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