NBME 20 Meningeal (NBME Answers)

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nbme20/Block 4/Question#42 (62.6 difficulty score)
A 65-year-old woman dies 6 months after the ...
Meningeal🔍
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submitted by johnthurtjr(139),

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johnthurtjr [Here's more info](http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/cnstumormeningiomageneral.html) +1

meningitis I got it wrong because I didn't see any apparent Dura mater nor other meninges (The veins aren't being covered by any "shiny layer"), so I thought the tumor was coming from inside the brain and not compressing it like meningiomas usually do. +3

meningitis But it did follow the common aspect where they are found in between divisions of brain and are circular growths like a ball. +7

nala_ula Since it was basically implied that the patient died and "here look at what this is" I thought it was a malignant tumor (glioblastoma)... but I guess it's all about placement. +11

thelupuswolf GBM would be in the perenchyma. Devine podcast said if they show you a gross picture of the bottom of the brain then it's a hemangioblastoma bc it's most often cerebellar. But this one wasn't cerebellar so I went ahead with meningioma (FA says external to brain parenchyma as well) +2

vivijujubebe GBM would have necrosis and bleeding whereas the ball-shaped tumor in the picture looks smooth and very benign...even tho I have no idea how someone can die so suddenly from meningioma +

drdoom ^ linkify http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/cnstumormeningiomageneral.html +

seba0039 Minor correction, but I do not think that Meningiomas are the most common brain tumor; they are the most common benign brain tumor of adults (Pathoma), but I'm not sure if they're the most common overall. +

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submitted by smit 24(0),

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htballer55 I felt the same way. but if you look at autopsy pics on google, you see the meningioma is like a ball coming out of the meninges. compare that to glioblastoma which is within the brain in cerebral hemispheres. so it's mainly one tumor is coming out of the brain and the other is inside the cerebral hemispheres. that's the best i can come up with. but it's confusing +3

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submitted by misterdoctor69(40),

In case anyone was wondering, meningiomas are more common in women (perhaps due to an estrogenic effect, but this is still hotly debated).

Also, GBM's would show up as butterfly-shaped and intraparenchymal. They have a 60% higher incidence in males than females. Historical aside - Ted Kennedy died from a GBM

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submitted by thomas(0),

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masonkingcobra Above is obviously incorrect because the answer is Meningeal lol. Here is a link to a good picture: http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter7/chapter7fMiscellaneous.html +24

kernicterusthefrog Obviously thomas is disagreeing with the presentation of the question, and I agreed with him! This absolutely sounds like GBM, with rapid onset leading to death, and the symptoms. The question stem leads you to GBM, and the gross image to meningioma (I guess). +2

kernicterusthefrog Furthermore, where are the meninges on the gross image form which this (meningioma) grew?! It should at least show the tissue from whence it came! +1

nala_ula Had the same problem, got confused since it appeared that the growth was malignant :( +

sugaplum FA 2019 pg 514, also agree with everyone. weird presentation. Glios are malignant death within 1 year, meningioma are often asymptomatic or have focal signs. just a gross pathology question at this point +

garima ı think she died bc of pressure or something guys, its obviously round shaped benign lesion, its also extra axial not like GBM. she had this maybe years before death +2

drdoom linkify http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter7/chapter7fMiscellaneous.html +