Brain mass causes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kiran Singh, M.D. [2]
Overview
Causes
Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
Dental | No underlying causes |
Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
Drug Side Effect | Almotriptan, amphetamine, beractant, cocaine, desogestrel and ethinyl estradiol, iodixanol, ixabepilone, naratriptan, omacetaxine, pergolide,sumatriptan, tipranavir |
Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
Endocrine | No underlying causes |
Environmental | No underlying causes |
Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
Genetic | No underlying causes |
Hematologic | No underlying causes |
Iatrogenic | Cephalhematoma |
Infectious Disease | Brain abscess':Bacteroides, clostridium, cryptococcus neoformans, cysticercosis, enterobacteriaceae, escherichia coli, eubacterium, fusobacterium, haemophilus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Listeria, propionibacterium, proteus, pseudomonas aeruginosa, staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus, toxoplasma gondii, veillonella |
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
Neurologic | Craniopharyngioma, cavernous haemangioma |
Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
Oncologic |
Lung cancer, skin cancer, malignant melanoma, hypernephroma, breast cancer, colon carcinoma. |
Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
Sexual | No underlying causes |
Trauma | Cephalhematoma, epidural hematoma, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hematoma, subdural hematoma |
Urologic | No underlying causes |
Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |