Order Neuropathology Histology Discussion
1. Which one of the following is the main feature demonstrated in this histological section?
a. Herring bodies
b. Hirano bodies
c. Neuritic plaques
d. Rosenthal fibers
e. Verocay bodies
2. Which one of the following areas in the brain
is most likely demonstrated in this histological section?
a. Caudate nucleus
b. Cortex
c. Optic nerve
d. Posterior pituitary
e. Thalamus
3. Which one of the following is most likely
demonstrated in this histological section?
a. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
b. Gemistocytic astrocytoma
c. Lymphoma
d. Oligodendroglioma
e. Pineoblastoma
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4. Which one of the following is the main
feature demonstrated in this histological
section?
a. Anaplastic astrocytoma
b. Pituitary adenoma
c. Psammomatous meningioma
d. Schwannoma
e. Teratoma
5. Which one of the following is the most likely
diagnosis demonstrated in this histological
section?
a. Diffuse astrocytoma
b. Germinoma
c. Glioblastoma multiforme
d. Schwannoma
e. Secretory meningioma
6. Which one of the following is the most likely
diagnosis demonstrated in this histological
section?
a. Atypical meningioma
b. DNET
c. Glioblastoma multiforme
d. Medulloblastoma
e. Primary CNS lymphoma
7. Which one of the following features is demonstrated in the center of this histological
section?
a. Balloon cells
b. Fried egg cells
c. Glomeruloid microvascular proliferation
d. Mitotic figure
e. Pseudopalisading necrosis
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8. Which one of the following is the most likely
diagnosis demonstrated in this histological
section?
a. DNET
b. Gemistocytic astrocytoma
c. Glioblastoma multiforme
d. Medulloblastoma
e. Oligodendroglioma
9. Which one of the following is the most likely
diagnosis demonstrated in this histological
section?
a. Anaplastic astrocytoma
b. Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
c. Glioblastoma multiforme
d. Renal metastasis
e. Secretory meningioma
10. Which one of the following is the most likely
diagnosis demonstrated in this histological
section?
a. Choroid plexus papilloma
b. Gliomatosis cerebri
c. Normal white matter
d. Pineocytoma
e. Teratoma
11. Which one of the following is most likely
based on the histology below (low magnification showed microcystic areas)?
a. Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
b. Ependymoma
c. Fibrous meningioma
d. Medulloblastoma
e. Pilocytic astrocytoma