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Remove a drop-size sample, place it on a glass-slide, then gently smear it out with another glass slide, followed by applying a fixative solution and staining with H&E. | Remove a drop-size sample, place it on a glass-slide, then gently smear it out with another glass slide, followed by applying a fixative solution and staining with H&E. | ||
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+ | The most common primary brain tumors are:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Meningiomas: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcome| last1 = Park | first1 = Bong Jin | last2 = Kim | first2 = Han Kyu | last3 = Sade | first3 = Burak | last4 = Lee | first4 = Joung H. |publisher=Springer|year=2009|isbn=978-1-84882-910-7| veditors = Lee JH |page=11|chapter=Epidemiology}} | ||
+ | </ref> | ||
+ | * [[Gliomas]]<ref name=aans>{{cite web |title=Brain Tumors - Classifications, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments |url=https://www.aans.org/en/Patients/Neurosurgical-Conditions-and-Treatments/Brain-Tumors |website=www.aans.org |access-date=29 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> (50.4%) | ||
+ | * Meningiomas<ref name=aans/> (20.8%) | ||
+ | * Pituitary adenomas<ref name=aans/> (15%) | ||
+ | * Nerve sheath tumors (10%) | ||
+ | Also look into the patient's history for past cancers that may have metastasized to the brain. | ||
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Revision as of 08:28, 17 March 2021
Author:
Mikael Häggström [note 1]
Contents
Intraoperative consultation of brain tumor fragments
Grossing
Measure the size of the specimen in 3 dimensions.
Squash prep
Remove a drop-size sample, place it on a glass-slide, then gently smear it out with another glass slide, followed by applying a fixative solution and staining with H&E.
- Evaluation
The most common primary brain tumors are:[1]
Also look into the patient's history for past cancers that may have metastasized to the brain.
Notes
- ↑ For a full list of contributors, see article history. Creators of images are attributed at the image description pages, seen by clicking on the images. See Patholines:Authorship for details.
Main page
References
- ↑ Park, Bong Jin; Kim, Han Kyu; Sade, Burak; Lee, Joung H. (2009). "Epidemiology". Meningiomas: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Outcome . Springer. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-84882-910-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 . Brain Tumors - Classifications, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments (in en). www.aans.org.
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