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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The most common symptoms of brain tumors are [[headache]], [[seizures]], visual changes and changes in personality, mood and concentration. | |||
==History and Symptoms== | ==History and Symptoms== | ||
Symptoms include phantom [[odor]]s and [[taste]]s. Often, in the case of metastatic tumors, the smell of vulcanized rubber is prevalent. | Symptoms include phantom [[odor]]s and [[taste]]s. Often, in the case of metastatic tumors, the smell of vulcanized rubber is prevalent. | ||
General | General symptoms include the following: | ||
* [[Headache]]s | * [[Headache]]s | ||
* [[Seizure]]s | * [[Seizure]]s | ||
* Visual changes | * Visual changes | ||
* Gastrointestinal symptoms such as [[nausea]], [[loss of appetite]], and [[vomiting]] | * Gastrointestinal symptoms such as [[nausea]], [[loss of appetite]], and [[vomiting]] | ||
* Changes in personality, mood, mental capacity, and concentration | * Changes in personality, mood, mental capacity, and concentration | ||
'''Seizures''' are a presenting symptom in approximately 20% of patients with supratentorial brain tumors and may antedate the clinical diagnosis by months to years in patients with slow-growing tumors. Among all patients with brain tumors, 70% with primary parenchymal tumors and 40% with metastatic brain tumors develop seizures at some time during the clinical course.<ref> Cloughesy T, Selch MT, Liau L: Brain. In: Haskell CM: Cancer Treatment. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Co, 2001, pp 1106-42.</ref> | |||
Headaches caused by brain tumors may: | '''Headaches''' caused by brain tumors may: | ||
* Be worse when the person wakes up in the morning, and clear up in a few hours | * Be worse when the person wakes up in the morning, and clear up in a few hours | ||
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Other symptoms may include: | Other symptoms may include: | ||
* Change in alertness (including [[sleepiness]], [[unconsciousness]], and [[coma]] | * Change in alertness (including [[sleepiness]], [[unconsciousness]], and [[coma]] | ||
* Changes in hearing | * Changes in hearing | ||
* Changes in taste or smell | * Changes in taste or smell | ||
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** Eyelid drooping | ** Eyelid drooping | ||
** Uncontrollable movements | ** Uncontrollable movements | ||
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* Lack of control over the bladder or bowels | * Lack of control over the bladder or bowels | ||
* [[Loss of balance]] | * [[Loss of balance]] | ||
* [[Muscle weakness]] in the face, arm, or leg (usually on just one side) | * [[Muscle weakness]] in the face, arm, or leg (usually on just one side) | ||
* [[Numbness]] or tingling on one side of the body | * [[Numbness]] or tingling on one side of the body | ||
* Problems with eyesight, including decreased vision, double vision, or total loss of vision | * Problems with eyesight, including decreased vision, double vision, or total loss of vision | ||
* Trouble speaking or understanding others who are speaking | * Trouble speaking or understanding others who are speaking | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:34, 6 November 2017
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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Brain tumor Microchapters |
Overview
The most common symptoms of brain tumors are headache, seizures, visual changes and changes in personality, mood and concentration.
History and Symptoms
Symptoms include phantom odors and tastes. Often, in the case of metastatic tumors, the smell of vulcanized rubber is prevalent.
General symptoms include the following:
- Headaches
- Seizures
- Visual changes
- Gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, loss of appetite, and vomiting
- Changes in personality, mood, mental capacity, and concentration
Seizures are a presenting symptom in approximately 20% of patients with supratentorial brain tumors and may antedate the clinical diagnosis by months to years in patients with slow-growing tumors. Among all patients with brain tumors, 70% with primary parenchymal tumors and 40% with metastatic brain tumors develop seizures at some time during the clinical course.[1]
Headaches caused by brain tumors may:
- Be worse when the person wakes up in the morning, and clear up in a few hours
- Occur during sleep
- Occur with vomiting, confusion, double vision, weakness, or numbness
- Get worse with coughing or exercise, or with a change in body position
Other symptoms may include:
- Change in alertness (including sleepiness, unconsciousness, and coma
- Changes in hearing
- Changes in taste or smell
- Changes that affect touch and the ability to feel pain, pressure, different temperatures, or other stimuli
- Clumsiness
- Confusion or memory loss
- Difficulty swallowing
- Difficulty writing or reading
- Dizziness or abnormal sensation of movement (vertigo)
- Eye problems
- Eyelid drooping
- Uncontrollable movements
- Hand tremor
- Lack of control over the bladder or bowels
- Loss of balance
- Muscle weakness in the face, arm, or leg (usually on just one side)
- Numbness or tingling on one side of the body
- Problems with eyesight, including decreased vision, double vision, or total loss of vision
- Trouble speaking or understanding others who are speaking
- Trouble walking
Other symptoms that may occur with a pituitary tumor:
- Abnormal nipple discharge
- Absent menstruation (periods)
- Breast development in men
- Enlarged hands, feet
- Excessive body hair
- Facial changes
- Low blood pressure
- Obesity
- Sensitivity to heat or cold
References
- ↑ Cloughesy T, Selch MT, Liau L: Brain. In: Haskell CM: Cancer Treatment. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Co, 2001, pp 1106-42.