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Can calcifications in brain mean cancer?
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Gliomas are graded: From i - iv. Oligoastrocytoma may calcifiy and usually is classified as grade i. The moer serious brain tumorsdo not calcify (grade iii and iv, glioblastoma). The pineal area may have non glial tumors that occasionally calciify.
Answered 9/2/2013
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