BENIGN tumorsBRAIN tumorsCENTRAL nervous system tumorsGLIOMASDIAGNOSISRETROSPECTIVE studiesPurpose: To determine the histological types of brain tumors diagnosed at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. Methods: This retrospective study retrieved patient-archived records at th...
An international team of researchers has used methylation fingerprinting data as input to a machine-learning algorithm to identify different types of brain tumors. In their paper published in the journalNature, the team describes studying DNA methylation fingerprinting to create a system that is able ...
Tumors–Cancerhas been a major non-infectious disease more recognized over the last decade, and more cases of brain tumors are detected nowadays due to more sophisticated techniques. The continued growth of these cancerous cells puts pressure on the brain, which can cause ablood clotor directly ...
An acquired brain injury is caused by a condition or illness. This type of injury can result from strokes, toxic poisoning or braintumors. Degenerative diseases and lack ofoxygenmay also cause this type of brain trauma. Bleeding in the brain is another kind of brain injury.Blood vesselsin the...
About 25% of spinal cord tumors are this type. They're more common in women than men, and they usually start in middle age or later. They grow in the meninges, the three membranes that cover and protect your brain and spinal cord. Usually they're not cancerous, but the ones that are...
Aconcussionoccurs due to external contact of an object with the skull shaking up the brain and causing it to hit against the hard walls of the skull. This can lead to a temporary loss of function for the brain. In case of stronger or repeated impacts, this can even lead to permanent lo...
The severity of atrophy related to a stroke depends on the severity of the stroke and treatment received. Other possibilities include brain trauma from an accident or blow to the head, and tumors. The Health Board is dedicated to providing accurate and trustworthy information. We carefully select...
If needed, adenomas can often be removed with surgery. Although not common, this type of tumor can become malignant. In the colon, less than 1 out of every 10 adenomas become cancerous. Fibromas (orfibroids)are tumors of fibrous or connective tissue that can grow in any organ. Fibroids co...
Cancers occur when one type of cell transforms and loses its normal characteristics. Once transformed, the cells grow and multiply in abnormal ways. As these abnormal cells grow, they become a mass of cells, or tumor. Brain tumors that result from this transformation and abnormal growth of bra...
Pituitary adenomasare common benign tumors that grow in the sella turcica, where the pituitary glandsits, and near where the optic nerves travel from the eyes to the occiput in the back of the brain. As the tumor grows, it can push on the optic nerveand cause visual changes andblindness....