Whakamāoritia "brain tumors" ki Arapi

EN Peripheral nerve tumors affect nerves by growing within them (intraneural tumors) or by pressing against them (extraneural tumors)

• Peripheral nerve tumors
• nerves by growing
• intraneural tumors
• extraneural tumors

EN These tumors affect nerves by growing within them (intraneural tumors) or by pressing against them (extraneural tumors).

• tumors affect nerves
• intraneural tumors
• extraneural tumors

EN Increased risk of cancerous (malignant) tumors. Tuberous sclerosis is associated with an increased risk of developing malignant tumors in the kidneys and brain.

• malignant
• tumors
• kidneys

EN Tumors. Tumors in the brain or brainstem can cause a coma.

• Tumors
• brainstem can cause

EN Multiple benign brain tumors or spinal tumors (meningiomas) requiring frequent surgeries

• Multiple benign brain
• spinal tumors
• meningiomas
• requiring frequent surgeries

EN Brain tumors. Rarely, dementia can result from damage caused by a brain tumor.

• Brain tumors
• Rarely
• dementia can result
• brain

EN Abnormalities in the brain, including brain tumors or vascular malformations such as arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and cavernous malformations, can cause epilepsy

• brain tumors
• arteriovenous malformations
• AVMs
• cavernous malformations
• cause epilepsy

EN Abnormalities in the brain, including brain tumors or vascular malformations such as arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and cavernous malformations, can cause epilepsy

• brain tumors
• arteriovenous malformations
• AVMs
• cavernous malformations
• cause epilepsy

EN Advanced imaging techniques to help distinguish cancerous tumors from benign tumors without a biopsy or incision

• Advanced imaging techniques
• distinguish cancerous tumors
• benign tumors without
• biopsy
• incision

EN Signs and symptoms of peripheral nerve tumors vary depending on the location of the tumors and which tissues are affected. They include:

• Signs
• symptoms of peripheral
• tumors vary depending
• tissues are affected

EN Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) results in multiple tumors in the skin (neurofibromas), pigmented skin spots and tumors of the optic nerve.

• Neurofibromatosis
• results in multiple
• skin
• neurofibromas
• pigmented skin spots

EN When neurofibromatosis causes large tumors or tumors that press on a nerve, surgery can reduce symptoms

• neurofibromatosis causes large
• tumors that press
• nerve
• surgery can reduce

EN Advanced imaging techniques to help distinguish cancerous tumors from benign tumors without a biopsy or incision

• Advanced imaging techniques
• distinguish cancerous tumors
• benign tumors without
• biopsy
• incision

EN You have brain damage from illness or injury, such as a brain tumor, a stroke or a traumatic brain injury.

• injury
• brain tumor
• stroke
• traumatic brain

EN Most often a ruptured brain aneurysm occurs in the space between the brain and the thin tissues covering the brain

• often a ruptured
• thin tissues covering
• brain

EN A weakened or bulging artery in the brain (brain aneurysm) or bleeding in the brain (hemorrhage)

• weakened
• brain
• brain aneurysm
• hemorrhage

EN If the AVM is in the brain and ruptures, it can cause bleeding in the brain (hemorrhage), stroke or brain damage.

• brain
• ruptures
• hemorrhage
• stroke

EN Rarely, a brain tumor or abscess or bleeding in the brain can press on areas of the brain, causing a chronic, worsening headache

• Rarely
• brain tumor
• abscess
• press on areas
• brain
• causing a chronic
• worsening headache

EN Naegleria infection causes a disease called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (muh-ning-go-un-sef-uh-LIE-tis) ? also known as PAM. PAM is a brain infection that leads to brain swelling and the destruction of brain tissue.

• Naegleria infection causes
• disease called primary
• meningoencephalitis
• muh-ning-go-un-sef-uh-LIE-tis
• known as PAM
• infection that leads
• brain swelling
• destruction of brain

EN Most often a ruptured brain aneurysm occurs in the space between the brain and the thin tissues covering the brain

• often a ruptured
• thin tissues covering
• brain

EN You have brain damage from illness or injury, such as a brain tumor, a stroke or a traumatic brain injury.

• injury
• brain tumor
• stroke
• traumatic brain

EN Intraoperative MRI allows surgeons to achieve a more complete removal of some brain tumors

• Intraoperative MRI allows
• tumors

EN For this reason, iMRI has become the standard of care for operations to remove certain brain tumors.

• reason
• iMRI has become
• standard of care
• operations to remove
• brain

EN Tumors in areas of the brain that control memory

• Tumors in areas
• brain that control

EN Peripheral nerve tumors are growths in or near the strands of tissue (nerves) that transmit signals from your brain to the rest of your body

• Peripheral nerve tumors
• near the strands
• tissue
• nerves
• body

EN Other head, neck or brain tumors can also cause tinnitus.

• head
• neck
• cause

EN These tumors can develop anywhere in the nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord and nerves

• tumors can develop
• nervous system
• brain
• spinal cord
• nerves

EN Also known as vestibular schwannomas, these tumors grow on the nerve that carries sound and balance information from the inner ear to the brain.

• known as vestibular
• nerve that carries

EN PET scans can be used to evaluate certain brain disorders, such as tumors, Alzheimer's disease and seizures.

• used to evaluate
• brain disorders
• tumors
• Alzheimer's disease

EN Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used to help diagnose brain tumors

• Magnetic resonance imaging
• MRI
• diagnose brain tumors

EN To rule out other types of brain tumors that may have spread from other parts of the body, your doctor may recommend tests and procedures to determine where the cancer originated

• body
• doctor may recommend
• procedures to determine
• cancer originated

EN There are different types of technology used in radiosurgery to deliver radiation to treat brain tumors, such as a Gamma Knife or linear accelerator (LINAC).

• used in radiosurgery
• brain tumors
• Gamma Knife
• linear accelerator
• LINAC

EN As you learn more about brain tumors, you may become more confident in making treatment decisions.

• tumors
• become more confident
• making treatment

EN Intraoperative MRI allows surgeons to achieve a more complete removal of some brain tumors

• Intraoperative MRI allows
• tumors

EN For this reason, iMRI has become the standard of care for operations to remove certain brain tumors.

• reason
• iMRI has become
• standard of care
• operations to remove
• brain

EN One of the largest brain tumor centers in the United States, offering an endoscopic endonasal approach for some tumors.

• largest brain tumor
• United States
• offering an endoscopic

EN The Neuro-Oncology Program is one of the largest pediatric programs dedicated to the care of children with brain and spinal cord tumors.

• largest pediatric programs
• care of children
• brain
• spinal cord

EN Neurotransmitters are naturally occurring brain chemicals that carry signals to other parts of your brain and body

• Neurotransmitters are naturally
• brain
• body

EN Brain damage as a result of a serious injury (traumatic brain injury), such as a violent blow to the head

• injury
• traumatic brain injury
• head

EN A brain aneurysm (AN-yoo-riz-um) is a bulge or ballooning in a blood vessel in the brain. It often looks like a berry hanging on a stem.

• brain aneurysm
• AN-yoo-riz-um
• bulge

EN A brain aneurysm can leak or rupture, causing bleeding into the brain (hemorrhagic stroke)

• rupture
• brain
• hemorrhagic stroke

EN Although aneurysms can appear anywhere in the brain, they are most common in arteries at the base of the brain.

• common in arteries

EN After a brain aneurysm ruptures, blood vessels in your brain may narrow erratically (vasospasm)

• After a brain
• ruptures
• brain may narrow
• vasospasm

EN In moyamoya disease, arteries to your brain become narrow and may even close, leading to reduced delivery of oxygen-rich blood to your brain

• moyamoya disease
• become narrow
• even close
• leading to reduced
• brain

EN Tiny blood vessels then develop at the base of the brain in an attempt to supply the brain with blood.

• Tiny blood vessels
• supply the brain

EN Adults also may experience these symptoms but also experience bleeding in the brain (hemorrhagic stroke) from abnormal brain vessels

• hemorrhagic stroke
• abnormal brain vessels

EN Distinguish abnormal brain tissue from normal brain tissue

• Distinguish abnormal brain
• normal brain tissue

EN Brain surgeons use intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging, or iMRI, to create real-time brain images during surgery

• magnetic resonance imaging
• iMRI
• create real-time brain
• during surgery

EN Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurologic disorder that causes the brain to shrink (atrophy) and brain cells to die

• progressive neurologic disorder
• causes the brain
• shrink
• atrophy

EN A stroke, traumatic brain injury, or other brain disorders can cause speech that is slow or has pauses or repeated sounds (neurogenic stuttering).

• stroke
• traumatic brain injury
• pauses
• repeated sounds
• neurogenic stuttering