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Brain tumors

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Tumors inside brain substance   Gliomas and vascular tumors  
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Tumors outside brain substance   Meningiomas and cranial nerve tumors  
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Malignancy of astrocytomas   Moderately malignant grades I and II (glia cells and astrocytes)  
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Malignancy of glioblastomas   Highly malignant and invasive grade III and IV(primitive stem cell)  
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What is a meningioma?   endothelial cells, 20% tumors, benign and encapsulated  
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What is a neuroma?   5% tumors, benign or low-grade malignancy, encapsulated  
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What is a vascular tumor?   3% tumors, benign, overgrowth of arteries and veins  
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What is a pituatary adenoma?   10% tumors, benign  
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What are the local destructive effects of a tumor?   accumulation of metabolites, displacement of structures, obstruction of CSF flow and effects of edema and ICP on cerebral function  
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Symptoms of frontal lobe tumor   memory deficit, personality and judgment changes, visual disturbances, seizures  
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Symptoms of parietal lobe tumor   speech disturbances (if on dominant hemisphere), inability to write, spatial disorders  
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Symptoms of occipital lobe tumor   seizures, blindness  
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Symptoms of temporal lobe tumor   seizures, dysphagia  
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Symptoms of metastatic tumors   headache, n/v  
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Symptoms of thalamus tumor   headache, nausea, vision disturbances, papilledema, nystagmus, DI  
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Symptoms of cerebellopontine tumors   tinnitus, vertigo, deafness  
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Symptoms of brainstem tumor   headache, drowsiness, vomiting, ataxic gait, facial muscle weakness, hearing loss, dysphagia, crossed eyes, hemiparesis  
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Symptoms of a spinal cord tumor   depends on nerve  
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Diagnosis of brain tumor   MRI, CT, PET, LP, EEG, brain scan, cerebral angiography, myelogram  
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Pharmacologic treatment   BCNU, methotrexate, corticosteroids  
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Side effects of cranial surgery   seizures, DI, increased ICP, CSF leak  
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Temozolamide (Temodar)   1st oral chemotherapeutic agent that crosses blood/brain barrier  
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