Brain tumour

Introduction: Brain tumour

Description of Brain tumour

Brain tumour (medical condition): Cancer of the brain.

See also:

Brain cancer:
  »Introduction: Brain cancer
  »Symptoms of Brain cancer
  »Causes of Brain cancer
  »Tests for Brain cancer
  »Treatments for Brain cancer

Brain tumour: a tumor in the brain.
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Brain tumour: Benign and malignant neoplasms that arise from or metastasize to structures within the cranium. This includes meningeal and other tumors that occur in the spaces that surround the brain, and neoplasms of the brain.
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Brain tumour as a Disease

Brain tumour: Another name for Brain cancer (or close medical condition association).
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Brain tumour: Related Diseases

Brain tumour: Brain tumour is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Cancer
• Brain conditions

Causes of Brain tumour

Some of the causes of Brain tumour are included in the list below:

• Neurofibromatosis
• Tuberous sclerosis
• Tuberculosis
• Syphilis
• Neurofibromatosis, type 4, of Riccardi - central nervous system tumors

See full list of 32 causes of Brain tumour (Brain cancer)

Symptoms of Brain tumour (Brain cancer)

Some of the symptoms of Brain tumour incude:

• There are many symptoms possible depending on the location of the brain tumor
• Headaches
• Seizures
• Nausea
• Vomiting

See full list of 39 symptoms of Brain tumour (Brain cancer)

Treatments for Brain tumour (Brain cancer)

Treatments for Brain tumour (Brain cancer) include:

• Steroids - to reduce swelling, often before other treatment begins.
• Anticonvulsant medicines - to stop seizures if they are occurring.
• Shunt - for hydrocephalus
• Chemotherapy
  • Oral chemotherapy

See full list of 13 treatments for Brain tumour

Treatment of Brain tumour: For more treatment information about Brain tumour, see treatment of Brain cancer (Brain tumour)

Brain tumour as a Symptom

Brain tumour (symptom): various extrinsic and intrinsic factors add up to to cause tumour in the brain.

Brain tumour (symptom): See Brain tumour (symptom information).

More information on symptom: Brain tumour:

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Terms associated with Brain tumour:

Terms Similar to Brain tumour:

• Brain tumor
• Intracranial tumor

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• brain tumor

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More specific terms for Brain tumour:

• glioblastoma
• spongioblastoma
• glioma

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Broader terms for Brain tumour

• tumor
• tumour
• neoplasm

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Hierarchical classifications of Brain tumour

The following list attempts to classify Brain tumour into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• neoplasm,tumor,tumour
• growth
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

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External links related to: Brain tumour

• infantile brain tumors
• brain tumor calcifications
• National Cancer Institute - Primary CNS Lymphoma Treatment
• National Cancer Institute - Childhood Brain Tumor Treatment
• National Cancer Institute - Adult Brain Tumor Treatment
• eMedicine - Neoplasms, Brain : Article by J Stephen Huff, MD
• The new WHO Classification of Tumors affecting the Central Nervous System

Source: Diseases Database

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