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{{Infobox_Disease | {{Infobox_Disease | ||
| Name = Brain tumor | | Name = Brain tumor | ||
| Image = | | Image = Hirnmetastase_MRT-T1_KM.jpg | ||
| Caption = [[Computed tomography|CT scan]] of brain showing brain cancer to left [[parietal lobe]] in the [[ventricular system|peri-ventricular]] area. | | Caption = [[Computed tomography|CT scan]] of brain showing brain cancer to left [[parietal lobe]] in the [[ventricular system|peri-ventricular]] area.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hirnmetastase_MRT-T1_KM.jpg | ||
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==[[Brain tumor classification|Classification]]== | ==[[Brain tumor classification|Classification]]== | ||
Brain tumors can be classified as follows: | |||
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==[[Brain tumor causes|Causes]]== | ==[[Brain tumor causes|Causes]]== | ||
The exact cause of brain tumor is not known. | |||
==[[Brain tumor differential diagnosis|Differentiating Brain Tumor from other Diseases]]== | ==[[Brain tumor differential diagnosis|Differentiating Brain Tumor from other Diseases]]== | ||
On the basis of [[seizure]], [[visual disturbance]], and constitutional symptoms, | On the basis of [[seizure]], [[visual disturbance]], and constitutional symptoms, brain tumors must be differentiated from [[Arteriovenous malformation|AV malformation]], [[brain aneurysm]], [[bacterial]] [[brain]] [[abscess]], [[tuberculosis]], [[toxoplasmosis]], [[hydatid cyst]], [[CNS]] [[cryptococcosis]], [[CNS]] [[aspergillosis]], and [[brain metastasis]]. | ||
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! colspan="11" style="background: #7d7d7d; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Adult primary brain tumors | ! colspan="11" style="background: #7d7d7d; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Adult primary brain tumors | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Glioblastoma multiforme]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Glioblastoma multiforme]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* Most of the time, focal [[neurological]] deficit is the presenting [[Sign (medical)|sign]]. | * Most of the time, focal [[neurological]] deficit is the presenting [[Sign (medical)|sign]]. | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Oligodendroglioma]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Oligodendroglioma]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
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* Most of the time, [[epileptic seizure]] is the presenting [[Sign (medicine)|sign]]. | * Most of the time, [[epileptic seizure]] is the presenting [[Sign (medicine)|sign]]. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Meningioma]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Meningioma]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* May be associated with [[Neurofibromatosis type II|NF-2]] | * May be associated with [[Neurofibromatosis type II|NF-2]] | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Hemangioblastoma]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Hemangioblastoma]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* May be associated with [[Von Hippel-Lindau Disease|von hippel-lindau syndrome]] | * May be associated with [[Von Hippel-Lindau Disease|von hippel-lindau syndrome]] | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Pituitary adenoma]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Pituitary adenoma]]<br><ref name=":0" /> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | − | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | − | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | − | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | − | ||
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* | * | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Schwannoma]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Schwannoma]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | − | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | − | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | − | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | − | ||
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* May be associated with [[Neurofibromatosis type II|NF-2]] (bilateral [[Schwannoma|schwannomas]]) | * May be associated with [[Neurofibromatosis type II|NF-2]] (bilateral [[Schwannoma|schwannomas]]) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Primary central nervous system lymphoma|Primary CNS lymphoma]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Primary central nervous system lymphoma|Primary CNS lymphoma]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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! colspan="11" style="background: #7d7d7d; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Childhood primary brain tumors | ! colspan="11" style="background: #7d7d7d; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Childhood primary brain tumors | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Pilocytic astrocytoma]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Pilocytic astrocytoma]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* Most of the time, [[Cerebellum|cerebellar]] dysfunction is the presenting [[signs]]. | * Most of the time, [[Cerebellum|cerebellar]] dysfunction is the presenting [[signs]]. | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Medulloblastoma]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Medulloblastoma]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* [[Drop metastasis]] ([[metastasis]] through [[CSF]]) | * [[Drop metastasis]] ([[metastasis]] through [[CSF]]) | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Ependymoma]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Ependymoma]]<br><ref name=":0" /> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* Causes an unusually persistent, continuous [[headache]] in children. | * Causes an unusually persistent, continuous [[headache]] in children. | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Craniopharyngioma]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Craniopharyngioma]]<br><ref name=":0" /> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* Initialy presents with lower bitemporal quadrantanopsia followed by [[Bitemporal hemianopia|bitemporal hemianopsia]] (pressure on [[Optic chiasm|optic chiasma]] from above) | * Initialy presents with lower bitemporal quadrantanopsia followed by [[Bitemporal hemianopia|bitemporal hemianopsia]] (pressure on [[Optic chiasm|optic chiasma]] from above) | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Pinealoma]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Pinealoma]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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! colspan="11" style="background: #7d7d7d; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Vascular | ! colspan="11" style="background: #7d7d7d; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Vascular | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Arteriovenous malformation|AV malformation]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Arteriovenous malformation|AV malformation]]<br><ref name=":0" /> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
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* We may see bag of worms appearance in [[CT angiography]] | * We may see bag of worms appearance in [[CT angiography]] | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Brain aneurysm]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Brain aneurysm]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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! colspan="11" style="background: #7d7d7d; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Infectious | ! colspan="11" style="background: #7d7d7d; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Infectious | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Bacterial [[brain abscess]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Bacterial [[brain abscess]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* The most common causes of [[brain abscess]] are [[Streptococcus]] and [[Staphylococcus]]. | * The most common causes of [[brain abscess]] are [[Streptococcus]] and [[Staphylococcus]]. | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Tuberculosis]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Tuberculosis]]<br><ref name=":0" /> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* It is associated with [[HIV]] [[infection]] | * It is associated with [[HIV]] [[infection]] | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Toxoplasmosis]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Toxoplasmosis]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* It is associated with [[HIV]] [[infection]] | * It is associated with [[HIV]] [[infection]] | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Hydatid cyst]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Hydatid cyst]]<br><ref name=":0" /> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* [[Brain]], [[eye]], and [[Spleen|splenic]] [[Cyst|cysts]] may not produce detectable amount of [[antibodies]] | * [[Brain]], [[eye]], and [[Spleen|splenic]] [[Cyst|cysts]] may not produce detectable amount of [[antibodies]] | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[CNS]] [[cryptococcosis]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[CNS]] [[cryptococcosis]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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* Since [[brain]] [[Biopsy|biopsies]] are highly invasive and may may cause [[neurological]] deficits, we [[diagnose]] [[CNS]] [[fungal]] [[Infection|infections]] based on [[laboratory]] and imaging findings | * Since [[brain]] [[Biopsy|biopsies]] are highly invasive and may may cause [[neurological]] deficits, we [[diagnose]] [[CNS]] [[fungal]] [[Infection|infections]] based on [[laboratory]] and imaging findings | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[CNS]] [[aspergillosis]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[CNS]] [[aspergillosis]]<br> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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! colspan="11" style="background: #7d7d7d; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Other | ! colspan="11" style="background: #7d7d7d; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Other | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Brain metastasis]]<br | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |[[Brain metastasis]]<br><ref name=":0" /> | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | + | ||
| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" | +/− | ||
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[[CNS]]=[[Central nervous system]], AV=Arteriovenous, [[CSF]]=[[Cerebrospinal fluid]], [[NF-2]]=[[Neurofibromatosis type 2]], [[MEN1|MEN-1]]=[[Multiple endocrine neoplasia]], [[GFAP]]=[[Glial fibrillary acidic protein]], [[HIV]]=[[Human Immunodeficiency Virus|Human immunodeficiency virus]], BhCG=[[Human chorionic gonadotropin]], [[ESR]]=[[Erythrocyte sedimentation rate]], [[AFB]]=Acid fast bacilli, [[Magnetic resonance angiography|MRA]]=[[Magnetic resonance angiography]], [[CT angiography|CTA]]=[[CT angiography]] | [[CNS]]=[[Central nervous system]], AV=Arteriovenous, [[CSF]]=[[Cerebrospinal fluid]], [[NF-2]]=[[Neurofibromatosis type 2]], [[MEN1|MEN-1]]=[[Multiple endocrine neoplasia]], [[GFAP]]=[[Glial fibrillary acidic protein]], [[HIV]]=[[Human Immunodeficiency Virus|Human immunodeficiency virus]], BhCG=[[Human chorionic gonadotropin]], [[ESR]]=[[Erythrocyte sedimentation rate]], [[AFB]]=Acid fast bacilli, [[Magnetic resonance angiography|MRA]]=[[Magnetic resonance angiography]], [[CT angiography|CTA]]=[[CT angiography]] | ||
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Brain tumor | |
CT scan of brain showing brain cancer to left parietal lobe in the peri-ventricular area.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hirnmetastase_MRT-T1_KM.jpg |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Assosciate editor(s)-In-Chief Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D., Prashanth Saddala, Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]
Synonyms and keywords: Brain tumour; brain cancer; intracranial tumor; astrocytoma; glioblastoma; oligodendrocytoma; meningioma; ependymoma; craniopharyngioma.
Overview
Classification
Brain tumors can be classified as follows:
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Adult primary brain tumor | Childhood primary brain tumor | Brain metastase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
•Glioblastoma multiforme •Oligodendroglioma •Meningioma •Hemangioblastoma •Pituitary adenoma •Schwannoma •Primary CNS lymphoma | •Pilocytic astrocytoma •Medulloblastoma •Ependymoma •Craniopharyngioma •Pinealoma | •Lung cancer •Breast cancer •Melanoma •Gastrointestinal tract cancer •Renal cell carcinoma •Osteosarcoma •Head and neck cancer •Neuroblastoma •Lymphoma •Prostate cancer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Causes
The exact cause of brain tumor is not known.
Differentiating Brain Tumor from other Diseases
On the basis of seizure, visual disturbance, and constitutional symptoms, brain tumors must be differentiated from AV malformation, brain aneurysm, bacterial brain abscess, tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, hydatid cyst, CNS cryptococcosis, CNS aspergillosis, and brain metastasis.
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Seizure | Visual disturbance | Constitutional | Focal neurological deficit | ||||||
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Glioblastoma multiforme |
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Primary CNS lymphoma |
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Childhood primary brain tumors | ||||||||||
Pilocytic astrocytoma |
+ | +/− | +/− | − | + | − |
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Medulloblastoma |
+ | +/− | +/− | − | + | − |
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Ependymoma [1] |
+ | +/− | +/− | − | + | − |
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Craniopharyngioma [1] |
+ | +/− | + Bitemporal hemianopia | − | + |
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Pinealoma |
+ | +/− | +/− | − | + vertical gaze palsy |
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Vascular | ||||||||||
AV malformation [1] |
+ | + | +/− | − | +/− | − |
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Brain aneurysm |
+ | +/− | +/− | − | +/− | − |
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Infectious | ||||||||||
Bacterial brain abscess |
+ | +/− | +/− | + | + |
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Tuberculosis [1] |
+ | +/− | +/− | + | + |
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Toxoplasmosis |
+ | +/− | +/− | − | + |
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Hydatid cyst [1] |
+ | +/− | +/− | +/− | + |
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CNS cryptococcosis |
+ | +/− | +/− | + | + |
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CNS aspergillosis |
+ | +/− | +/− | + | + |
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Other | ||||||||||
Brain metastasis [1] |
+ | +/− | +/− | + | + | − |
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ABBREVIATIONS
CNS=Central nervous system, AV=Arteriovenous, CSF=Cerebrospinal fluid, NF-2=Neurofibromatosis type 2, MEN-1=Multiple endocrine neoplasia, GFAP=Glial fibrillary acidic protein, HIV=Human immunodeficiency virus, BhCG=Human chorionic gonadotropin, ESR=Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, AFB=Acid fast bacilli, MRA=Magnetic resonance angiography, CTA=CT angiography