AOCR FOCUSED SPECIALTY REVIEW CASES Covered:
Brain Tumors:
1) Adult a) GBM b) Gliomatosis Cerebri c) Astrocytoma d) Oligodendroglioma e) Ganglioneuroma/Neuronal Tumors f) Meningioma g) Giant Cell Astrocytoma h) Central Neurocytoma i) Colloid Cyst j) Sub-ependymoma k) Sub-ependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma l) Epidermoid m) Lymphoma 2) Peds a) Choroid Plexus Papilloma b) Pilocytic Astrocytoma c) Medulloblastoma d) Ependymoma e) Craniopharyngioma f) Hamartoma g) Pineal Region Tumors
Congenital Brain:
1) Arachnoid Cysts/Chordoial Fissure Cysts 2) Parietal Foramina 3) Neurenteric Cyst 4) Craniosyostosis 5) Meningoceles/Encephaloceles 6) Aquaductal Stenosis 7) Hydranencephaly 8) Corspus Callosum Agenesis 9) Septum Pellucidum Agenesis/Septo-Optic/Infundibular Dysplasia 10) Holoprosencephaly 11) Migrational /Cortical dysplasia Abnormalities 12) CMV 13) Dandy Walker Spectrum 14) NF 1 15) NF 2 16) Sturge Weber 17) Tuberous Sclerosis 18) Lhmitte Duclos 19) Vascular Anomalies
Stroke:
1) Signs/appearances 2) Vascular Territories 3) Sickle Cell 4) Dissection 5) Artery of Percheron 6) Tip of the Basilar/Basilar Thrombosis 7) Hypoxic Ischemic Injury 8) PRES 9) Venous Thrombosis 10) Amyloid Angiopathy 11) CADASIL
White Matter Disease:
1) Myelination Patterns 2) MS 3) Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis 4) Neuromyelitis Optica/Devic’s 5) Central Pontine Myelinolysis 6) Wernicke’s 7) Radiation/Chemotx encoded encephalopathy 8) Dysmyelinating Diseases (Adrenoleukodystrophy, Alexander’s, Krabbe’s ,Canavan’s, Metachromic Leukodystophy, etc) 9) Hunter’s /Hurlers
Infection:
1) Brain Abscess 2) Meningitis/Ventriculitis/Encephalitis/SD Empyema 3) Fungal 4) Cryptococcus 5) Cysticercosis 6) Echinococcal Cyst 7) Toxoplasmosis
Orbital Lesions:
1) CA++ 2) Bupopthalmous 3) Micro-Ophthalmous 4) Coloboma 5) Persistent Primary Hyperplastic Vitreous 6) Coat’s disease 7) Retinoblastoma 8) Trauma a) Retinal Detachment b) Choroidal Detachment 9) Infection/Cellultis 10) Tumors 11) Vascular Lesions 12) Lymphangioma 13) Lymphoma/Pseudotumor
Skull Base:
1) Cavernous Sinus Anatomy 2) Cranio-hyophyseal Canal herniation/ectopic pituitary 3) Ectopic Neuro-hypophysis 4) Chordoma 5) Chondrosarcoma 6) EG 7) Meningeal Disease- Sarcoidosis, carcinomatosis & hemosiderosis 8) Cavernosu /sinus Lesions- pesudotumor, schwannomas, etc 9) Cranial nerves I-XII pathology, please learn the anatomy on your own!! You should know the branches including the vidian nerve, auriculo-temporal nerve, etc
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Neck Disease:
1) Sinus Disease: Onodi Cell, Haller Cells, Potts Puffy Tumor, Silent Sinus Syndrome 2) Sino-nasal Solitary Polyps: Antro-choanal Polyp 3) Inverting Papilloma 4) Sniderian Papilloma 5) Fungal Disease 6) Pyriform Aperture Stenosis 7) Choanal Atresia 8) Nasal Dermoid 9) Nasal Glioma 10) Juvenile Angiofibroma 11) Wegener’s 12) Chloroma 13) Chordoma 14) Sino-nasal Undifferentiated CA (SNUC) 15) Esthesioneuroblastoma 16) Infection Spread Peds 17) Parapharyngeal Space Lesions 18) Oral Cavity Lesions 19) Masticator Space 20) Palate Lesions 21) Ranula 22) Brachial Cleft Cysts 23) Thyroglossal Duct Cysts 24) Glomus Tumors 25) Parotid Tumors 26) Parotid Cystic Lesions 27) Hypopharyngeal Lesions 28) Neck Nodes 29) Vocal Cord Lesions: Tumor, paralysis, laryngocele, etc 30) PHACES
Temporal Bone Disease:
1) Petrous Apex Lesions 2) Otospongiosis/Otosclerosis 3) Cholesterol Granuloma 4) Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome 5) IAC Atresia 6) Endolymphatic Sac Tumor 7) Labyrinthitis
Spine Pathology:
Congenital:
1) Cranio-vertebral Anomalies 2) Spinal Dysraphism a) Tethering b) Myelocystocele/lipomyelomeningocele, etc c) Anterior Sacral Meningocele d) Currirano’s Triad e) Caudal Agenesis f) Diastematomyelia g) Sacrococcygeal Teretoma h) Chordoma i) Arachnoid Cyst j) Dermoid k) Pilonidal cyst 3) Trauma a) Hemorrhage b) Spinal cord Herniation c) Cord Infarct 4) Guillan Barre 5) HIV Encephalopathy 6) MS 7) Spinal Cord Lupus 8) Cord Tumors a) Astrocytoma b) Ependymoma c) Hemangioblastoma
There are other things that I do not cover that you likely have seen more of. Good luck!!