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Underlying conditions list:
The list of possible underlying conditions
mentioned in various sources
for Brain cancer includes:
- Neurofibromatosis
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Tuberculosis
- Syphilis
- Neurofibromatosis, type 4, of Riccardi - central nervous system tumors
- Li-Fraumeni syndrome - brain tumor
- Turcot syndrome - central nervous system tumors
- Renal-hepatic-pancreatic dysplasia - Dandy Walker cyst - brain cyst
- Melanoma - astrocytoma syndrome - brain tumor
- Spondylocostal dysostosis, Dandy-Walker - brain cyst
- Malignant astrocytoma - brain tumor
- Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome - brain cysts
- Acrocallosal Syndrome (Schinzel Type) - congenital brain cysts
- Tuberous sclerosis, type 1 - brain nodules
- Dandy Walker syndrome recessive form - brain cyst
- Cleft upper lip, median - cutaneous polyps - central nervous system tumors
- Neurofibromatosis type 3A - central nervous system tumors
- Cysticercosis - brain cysts
- Neurofibromatosis type 3B - central nervous system tumors
- Tibia absent - polydactyly - arachnoid cyst - brain cyst
- Medulloblastoma - brain tumor
- HIV patients
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia
- Retinoblastoma
- Inherited diseases
- Lymphoma
- Individual cell mutations
- Metastases
- Past history of irradiation
- Leukaemia
- Genetic
- Many tumor or cancer types can spread to the brain, the most common being lung cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, certain sarcomas, testicular and germ cell tumors, and a number of others. Some types of cancers only spread to the brain infrequently, such as colon cancer, or very rarely, such as prostate cancer. Brain tumors can directly destroy brain cells, or they may indirectly damage cells by producing inflammation, compressing other parts of the brain as the tumor grows, inducing brain swelling, and causing increased pressure within the skull
Brain cancer as a complication:
Other conditions that might have
Brain cancer as a complication
might be potential underlying conditions.
The list of conditions listing
Brain cancer as a complication
includes:
Brain cancer Causes: Book Excerpts
Brain cancer as a symptom:
Conditions listing Brain cancer
as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.
You may also want to research other symptoms
in our Symptoms Center.
Discussion of underlying conditions of Brain cancer:
In a
small number of individuals, primary tumors may result from specific
genetic disease (e.g., neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis) or from
exposure to radiation or cancer-causing chemicals.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Brain and Spinal Tumors Information Page: NINDS)
About underlying conditions:
With a diagnosis of Brain cancer,
it is important to consider
whether there is an underlying condition causing Brain cancer.
These are other medical conditions that may possibly
cause Brain cancer.
For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis
or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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