Question 1

i want to know wether i should get the flu shot. i have a complex health history. had a brain tumour removed (prolactinoma and acth secreting tumor) with a very complex health profile?

Accepted Answer

Usually yes: There is no reason for a person not to get a flu shot just because he has a complex medical history, unless he had a prior bad reaction to a previous flu shot. A person with a complex medical history does NOT want an added influenza illness, and may do worse than a non-complex person would, if both were to catch influenza. Thus, sicker people have more reason to get vaccinated.

Question 2

how is a brain tumor treated?

Accepted Answer

It depends on type: Treatment is different depending on the the type of brain tumor.
Benign brain tumors like meningioma may be treated surgically or by radiosurgery or a combination of above.

Malignant high grad primary brain tumors are typically treated by maximal safe resection followed by chemoradiation.

Metastatic brain tumors are treated surgically or by radiation, radiosurgery or a combination of above.

Question 3

what could cause a brain tumor?

Accepted Answer

Tumor origins: Brain tumors, like any neoplasms in the body, can be induced by an interplay of genetic and environmental factors.  In other words, there are inherited predispositions in some cases.  One environmental factors known to induce some brain tumors is radiation exposure.  Unfortunately, there is much that we still do not know about how these tumors start.

Question 4

how is a brain tumor diagnosed?

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MRI or CT: These a days, brain mri's and ct's are the primary method of diagnosing brain tumors.   These are prompted after the patient has a neurologic symptom or an un-relenting headache.

Question 5

what are the signs of brain tumor?

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Depends on location: Some brain tumors are located in the frontal area and are almost clinically silent until size increases.  Some early on may cause focal weakness, which looks like a stroke.  Headaches, nausea, vomiting, visual blurring, and double vision can occur as size increases. Many tumors, though, may be picked up on routine MRI films.  Some tumors start in lung or kidney and metastasize to brain.

Question 6

what is the causes of brain tumor?

Accepted Answer

Brain Tumors: Primary brain tumors arise from mutations in cells, caused by exposure to radiation
family history of certain genetic disorders like neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis, von hippel-lindau disease, and li-fraumeni syndrome, having a compromised immune system (more so associated with CNS lymphomas and people infected with aids). Secondary brain tumors spread from lung, breast, or other sites.

Question 7

what does a brain tumor look like?

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Different appearance: Different tumors have different appearances.  Melanomas are purple, meningiomas are reddish pink, glioblastoma is grayish to dark red.  There are too many to name but these are a few.

Question 8

do brain tumor symptoms come and go?

Accepted Answer

Not likely.: These apparently are progressive in nature with seizures, and a focal neurological deficit or disorder , like headaches or gait disturbance.  Sometimes they can be asymptomatic because they're in the middle of the brain, until they get so big that they ultimately cause symptoms.

Question 9

what are the stages of a brain tumor?

Accepted Answer

There are none: Brain tumors rarely develop extra neural metastases.  They are graded based on pathology.  Gx cannot be graded, g1 well differentiated, g2 moderately differentiated, g3 poorly differentiated, g4 undifferentiated.  The reason why there is rarely metastasis is because the brain does not have a well-developed lymphatic drainage system. Hope this helps.

Question 10

what are common brain tumor symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Complex issue: Tumors of the brain can be benign, malignant, malignant by position, or chronic and stable.  Brain tumors can be silent or present as seizures or can abruptly produce coma and death.  Primary brain tumors depend on cells of origin and location as to how they show symptoms.  Secondary brain tumors may come from a primary tumor elsewhere in the body and spread broadly all through the brain.

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