Pituitary Tumors
Pituitary tumors are abnormal growths that develop in your pituitary gland. Pituitary tumors can cause progressive vision loss and alter the production of hormones that regulate important functions of your body and can also cause hormonal abnormalities.
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Meningioma
Meningioma is a tumor that arises from the meninges — the membranes that surround your brain and spinal cord. The majority of meningioma cases are noncancerous (benign), though rarely a meningioma can be cancerous (malignant).
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Craniopharyngioma
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D. Rathke’s Cyst
Rathke’s cleft cyst is a benign cystic lesion can affect the pituitary gland. Symptomatic Rathke’s cleft cyst (RCC), however, is relatively uncommon. When these cysts are large enough to be clinically apparent, they may cause headache, visual disturbances, nausea, decreased energy, vomiting, seizure, pituitary dysfunction, and diabetes insipidus, all due to mass effect.
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Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma is a type of a primary brain tumor. Primary brain tumors are those that arise from the brain itself rather than traveling or metastasizing from another location in the body. Approximately 17,000 new cases of primary brain tumors are treated each year in the United States. Glioblastomas are fast growing astrocytomas that contain areas of dead (necrotic) tumor cells. Glioblastomas are aggressive tumors that require specialized care, radiation and chemotherapy.
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Metastic Brain Tumor
Metastatic brain tumors result from cancer that started elsewhere in the body and spread (metastasized) to the brain. For example, if lung cancer has spread to the brain, the cells in the tumor would look like lung cells rather than brain cells. Metastases to the brain are the most common intracranial tumors in adults, 10 times more common than primary brain tumors. These tumors can be treated with surgery, whole brain radiation therapy or focus Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.
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Chiari Malformation
Chiari malformation is a condition in which brain tissue protrudes into your spinal canal. It occurs when a portion of your skull is abnormally small or misshapen, pressing on your brain and forcing it downward. Although Chiari malformation is uncommon, it's now diagnosed more frequently, largely due to improved imaging tests and can cause headaches or weakness of the arms or legs.
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- Posterior Fossa Decompression
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Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus is the build up of fluid in the ventricles (cavities within the brain). This can happen from obstruction of the normal pathways that carry the fluid (obstructive hydrocephalus) or by decreased absorption of the fluid (communicating hydrocephalus)
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- Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV)
- Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt (VPS)
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Trigeminal Neuralgia
Trigeminal Neuralgia (or tic douloureux) is a severe, stabbing or electrical pain on one side of the face. It occurs when one of the branches of the trigeminal nerve is irritated by a blood vessel near the brainstem. The pain is first managed with medications, but sometimes the medicine may not provide complete relief or the side effects of the medications prevent its use.
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- Gamma Knife Surgery
- Microvascular Decompression (keyhole craniotomy)
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