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 | No underlying causes |
| 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 | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | Brain abscess
Source of infection Paranasal sinuses: Streptococcus spp (especially S. milleri), Haemophilus spp, Bacteroides spp, Fusobacterium spp Odontogenic sources:Streptococcus spp, Bacteroides spp, Prevotella spp, Fusobacterium spp, Haemophilus spp Otogenic sources: Enterobacteriaceae, Streptococcus spp, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacteroides spp Urinary tract:Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter spp*Lungs: Streptococcus spp, Fusobacterium spp, Actinomyces spp Penetrating head trauma:Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter spp, Clostridium spp Neurosurgical procedures:Staphylococcus spp, Streptococcus spp, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter spp Endocarditis: Viridans streptococci, S. aureus Congenital cardiac malformations (especially right-to-left shunts):Streptococcus spp |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | Primary brain tumors
Astrocytic tumors Pilocytic astrocytoma, diffuse astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma. Oligodendroglial and oligoastrocytic tumors Oligodendroglioma, anaplastic oligodendroglioma, oligoastrocytoma, anaplastic oligoastrocytoma, glioblastoma with oligodendroglioma component. Ependymal tumors Subependymoma, myxopapillary ependymoma, ependymoma, anaplastic ependymoma. Choroid plexus tumors Choroid plexus papilloma, choroid plexus carcinoma. Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors Ganglioglioma*Central neurocytoma, filum terminale paraganglioma, dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET). Pineal parenchymal tumors Pineocytoma, pineoblastoma. Embryonal tumors Medulloblastoma, supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET), atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor. Meningeal tumors Meningioma, atypical, clear cell, chordoid, rhabdoid, papillary, or anaplastic (malignant).
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 | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |