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Hoping you can tell me, is brain aneurysm counted as cancer?
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No: Aneurysms are focal enlargement of an artery and are not considered cancers.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Not neoplasm: Aneurysms are often congenital localized areas of weakness in wall of blood vessels, and can also be prompted by hypertension in the elderly (charcot-bouchard) but also, might be associated with infection (bacterial endocarditis), or even trauma. Not a malignant cellular growth, but a localized structural dysfunction.
Answered 8/22/2013
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No: These are two different disorders with different pathologies. Brain aneurysm is an anomaly of the blood vessels. Brain cancer is a neoplasm. Treatment paradigms for the different entities are very different.
Answered 11/2/2015
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