Brain Tumors

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[nigahiga]

He is the hero that we need, but not the one we deserve. Bless up

[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.

[sarahmina]

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 🌲).

[ryanzhuang]

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

[DirtyMedicine]

You asked for an early drop, so I delivered.

[Superfly]

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!"

[GreenApple]

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

[Mantris]

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

[darnallhall]

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

[serenitykitten]

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.

[michaelgarovich]

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

[childemperor]

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!

[ariikaii]

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

[liyichen]

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

[jennaguma]

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

[monika]

Thankyou from all chambers of my heart 😊

[beebob]

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

[racheljohnson]

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!

[thegreatonemjm]

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

[liyichen]

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