Brain Tumors

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[@shannonkilfoy]

Another thing for pilocytic astrocytoma - they have both solid and cystic parts. So if the MRI of a child shows a tumor consisting of white (solid) and dark (cystic) parts, think pilocytic astrocytoma.

[@NoorFatima-sc3zk]

doesn't craniopharyngioma also have that?

[@lazymedic5988]

@@NoorFatima-sc3zk yes ...its just that cysts will be different...pilocytic astricytoma will have cyst with mural nodule where as craniopharyngioma will have a calcified cyst...infact there are only few tumors in brain which r calcified like craniopharygioma ,oligodendroglioma and meningioma..plus location of tumors will also be different ..mostly brain tumors in children are infratentorial and they specially have prediliction for cerebellum..so u can also distinguish it on the basis of that..pilocytic astrocytoma lies in cerebellum while as craniopharyngioma is located suprasellar..n symptoms plus histology of craniopharygioma n pilocytic astricytoma are also different

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[@DirtyMedicine]

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[@CVinMD]

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[@sarahmina1442]

My mnemonics for childhood brain tumors. (I have no idea about American footbal). ASTRO (star) cytoma => give your favorite star some Rose Fibers 💐 (bouquet) B LAST => your Home Right is what Lasts (matters the most). Ependy Moma => Give your Mom a pseudo rose 🥀 (You gave the star a bouquet 😉). I like your dirty mnemonic. Cranio Pharymgioma- my friend Radke (German name) has a big mouth & crane: he eats Calcium icecream and Cholesterol (motor oil like junk food). Pinealoma - Parrainer (meand support in French) the pines for early blooming. (Preserve the pine trees for precocious puberty 🌲).

[@ryanzhuang9293]

Another way to remember Rosenthal fibers w/ pilocytic Astrocytoma is by thinking of astROSEcytoma

[@Superfly156]

Reviewed a card and had to come and comment on the video..I love your style of teaching. It helps close the gap of comprehension by months! All of medical should be taught this way. "Here is something really difficult, but know these things, here is a goofy/interesting/unique way to remember it, and in the future, you'll at least have a framework from which to build your knowledge on this difficult subject....and go!"

[@tommythetank212]

Another important thing to note is that adult brain tumors are typically supratentorial (above the tentorium cerebelli), so they affect the cortex mostly. Childhood brain tumors are typically infratentorial (below the tentorium cerebelli), so they tend to affect the cerebellum and brainstem mostly.

[@darnallhall1943]

Big ups on the Drew Rosenhaus mnemonic - never expected to hear his name during dedicated lol. Really appreciate the work you do, man.

[@GreenApple555]

For oligodendroglioma, i remember it as eggs have "calcified" shells

[@gautamdubey6526]

Good one

[@Mantris100]

For Medulloblastoma, you can always remember it as Med-BLUE-oblastoma, because the Homer-Wright rosettes are, at the end of the day, another small cell cancer. Also, for small blue cell cancers of the brain: Kids - Medulloblastoma; Adults - Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung

[@howiegwok3703]

Also remember the "Homer Wright" as "home right", because the tumor is so malignant that there is nothing doctors can do except for sending patients right to home without hesitation. (not the truth though)

[@serenitykitten1726]

I actually decided to watch this because I have had two brain surgeries for a glioneuronal tumor from my childhood. I like to know a bit about that stuff.

[@jennaguma5039]

Thank you SO much! Neuro exam is in 24 hours and this saved me!

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@@DirtyMedicine when the doctor i getting lot headaches and dizy and cant say the words i am scared i have brain tumors what if I do have brain tumors ??.

[@childemperor7475]

To add to Dirty's Ependymoma story mnemonic to help me with the name. "Momma's pending gift is pseudo roses" (to make up for being a crap kid)...as always thank you so much for the dedicated review Dirty!

[@michaelgarovich1480]

For Homer-Wright rosettes: Homer from the Simpsons going D’OH as in meduDOHblastoma

[@ariikaii]

Astrocytoma for people who watched the Jetsons as a kid: Astro and Rosie were characters

[@childemperor7475]

God-tier right here! Ty I don't care for baseball haha

[@walbertojr]

Thanks a lot, Dirty!! It's really practical!!

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[@liyichen9317]

excellent rapid review bro！ Childish brain tumor on uw they want to ddx two cerebellum tumors: medulloblastoma and pilocystic on imaging, the former is only cystic and the latter is mixed

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May Jesus bless you. You have helped us a lot!

[@racheljohnson93]

For oligodendrogliomas, I could never remember the chicken wire and egg thing actually looked like because I just couldn't see it. Now, I always think of it like a pomegranate cross section, and my egg breakfast can just have pomegranate on the side. No clue if that helps anyone else visualize the histology better, but it did for me!

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I remember ODG tumor as non-veg. tumor haha

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[@beebob7136]

Pilocytic astrocytoma @pile(pilocytic) of rose(rosenthal) ,some are solid(solid) and some rotten(cystic)

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[@ShaunCharkowick]

thank you once again dirty for cutting straight to the high yield

[@thegreatonemjm]

Another good way to remember Astrocytoma is that there is a baseball journalist called Ken Rosenthal

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[@lunalovegood7988]

Please do a video on visual pathways

[@abundanceoffavor1353]

Wow thanks doc. I've been running into a lot of practice questions with tumors. This really helps.

[@Lakshmi235Lakshmi]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

[@kristeenallaysaco1074]

I fear that they'd ask these "not worth the brain space" type of questions.

[@davidmitchell3881]

Oligos and meningomas both calcify. This is useful. Meningiomas enhance avidly while oligos are less likely to. Meningiomas may occur within the ventricles.

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I would like a video on parathroid hormone, osteoprotegerin, osteoclast, rankl, rank, and osteoblast. I find the relationship between these challenging. Kindly oblige. regards

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On my neurosurgery internship, i saw a m pt w/ pituitary containging both GH and PRL, his cc is: doc, why my forehead is becoming bigger for months and my wife complains about my function? Very impressive case lol

[@alex-c5g]

Thank you!!!

[@elyseenger2646]

Another update is that GBM is often classified based on the wildtype phenotype according to WHO standards now, while astrocytomas are IDH mutants, to let you know.

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how do you do that , just an amazing way to teach !! you should hold workshops for teaching !!

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Great video but you had tim Rosenthal interviewing the Astros right there!!!

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@DirtyUSMLE, hey man, can you do one regarding fibrates and lipid lowering agents ?? P.S.- Your videos are fantastic, please keep making them

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"Ependymommy" LMAO

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Super helpful! Thanks!

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[@foxfur8327]

Only thing is that many women with pituitary prolactinomas also have very decreased libido, esp those with macro adenomas with multiple signs of acromegagaly as well.

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[@axolotolololol]

schwaNNoma has 2 'n's so if it is on '2' sides (bilateral) it is associated with NF type '2'

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Thats Good one

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Can you make a video on loading doses, Css etc?

[@markthespark25]

For Craniopharyngioma a mnemonic is CranioPITUgioma - reminds me of pituitary gland

[@user-yehia]

Always brilliant ❤

[@jorgelara7178]

Amazing video. Great mnemonics. For Craniopharyngioma what i came up with was "remnants or WRATH" and i imagine a story like thats a gang or a motorcylcist group whose logo is a cranium. Keep studying

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Bless you!

[@marymik7372]

Another option for medulloblastoma: *Medusa* a character in *Homer*'s Iliad And for PINEAloma: PINEApples and PEARinaud's go well together

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Thank you so much for all of your videos--they are super helpful! Could you please make a video on the fat metabolism disorders? i.e. Systemic carnitine def and medium chain acyl def? Those are always confusing. Thank you for all of your amazing videos!

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His videos are super cool. I can recommend you some videos on fat metabolism

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Could U do a comprehensive but summarized video for the essentials of INSULIN?

[@neekonsaadat2532]

[pronounces the longest cancers with ease] ... "pinealoma, that was a hard one"

[@davidmitchell3881]

Lymphoma cross the midline also. In general.lymphoma does not enhance with conttast unlike GMB

[@seycreature]

another one for pilocytic astrocytoma for all the "A Court of Thorn and Roses (ACOTAR) fans out there. 'ASTRO-TAR' with roses representing 'Rose-nthal fibers'. And I remember 'pilocytic' means hair-like projections by thinking about the ACOTAR sisters with their long hair.

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Buzzwords or mnemonics for microbiology please !!!!

[@qasimhashmi7512]

Watch sketchy bro it helps :)

[@davidmitchell3881]

Classically pituitary tumours look like a snowman on mri.

[@Taloninfinity]

11:31 It's cushing disease not cushing syndrome. Hypercortisolism due to increased Pituitary ACTH is cushing disease

[@DirtyMedicine]

You are correct

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This is the doctor najeeb to doctor najeeb .

[@Amosquito753]

This video was amazing! Thank you so much! Could you make a video on the urea cycle and the associated disorders?

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Can you please make a video on enveloped / single or double strand DNA stuff? Thanks

[@sameed3]

do sketchy for that

[@ChaseHathaway]

Another, maybe easier, way to remember pilocytic astrocytoma & Rosenthal fibers for fellow sports fans- Ken ROSENTHAL is a very famous reporter for the MLB (ASTROs)

[@Be1smaht]

How to different stroke from a tumor?

[@MimmiEkman-h2i]

would've loved an explanation of "chicken wire capillaries"

[@kofiagyapong5997]

Aren’t somatotrophs only for growth hormone?

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Thank youuuuu!

[@tbapt001]

THANK YOU

[@noorjahanjaganath2582]

Wow hard to remember

[@Delhi111]

How forgot Antony and verrucay ??

[@syedrayyan1104]

Mnemonics of adult tumor are good but cant understand the single mneumonic of Child Tumor

[@medicgaming7978]

As someone have have brain tumor we cant actually have relationships

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this is usmle 1?

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jaaa, el mejor video que he visto de este tema. gracias.

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plz make a video on pathology of neurodegenerative disorders

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Awesome!

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Thank you. This is very informative.

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*** I think there's an error ! *** :O MENINGIOMAS are more common in WOMEN (per Pathoma, FA 2020)! Also mentioned that it can be due to that they're ESTROGEN (+). P.s. I look forward to watching all your videos after every review section. I have to really thank you for giving me something to look forward to in these M2 days :')

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When will we find a cure for GBM?

[@doctorwish1681]

Please try to make a video on Neurotransmitters! Thank you @dirty usmle

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Is ring enhancing lesions not important for GBM?

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love this

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[@stompthedragon4010]

Any videos on pseudotumor cerebri?