04.07 Neuro

Written By Joan

04.07 Neuro [PDF link]: Syncope – Reflex syncope: Vasovagal syncope (aka simple faint), Orthostatic syncope. Brain tumours – Metastases to the brain, Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), Meningioma, Ependymoma, Oligodendroglioma, Pilocytic astrocytoma, Medulloblastoma, Craniopharyngioma, Haemangioblastoma, Pituitary adenoma. Brain lesions localisation based on symptoms. Bitemporal heminanopia.

More on brain tumours

  • Meningioma

    • Dural tail – see Radiopaedia article, refers to the thickening and enhancement of the dura, most often seen adjacent to a meningioma

    • Case presentation – Ahmed SN, Scozzafava J. Meningioma. N Engl J Med 2007;356:e14. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMicm054643.

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