Neuroscience/Central nervous system tumours

Objectives

At the end of this lecture you will know:

The clinical presentation of CNS tumours
The difference between primary and secondary CNS tumours
The differences between CNS tumours in adults and children
That adult CNS tumours are most likely to be one of the following: metastasis, glioblastoma, oligodendroglioma, meningioma, schwannoma
That childhood CNS tumours are relatively common, and common examples include pilocytic astrocytomas and medulloblastomas
The general behaviour and possibilities for treatment of these tumours
In addition, you will have seen gross and microscopic features of representative tumours