Brain and spinal cord tumours
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- The cause of an epileptic seizure should always be sought.
- Headache alone is rarely the sole symptom of a brain tumour.
- Central nervous system (CNS) tumours can be treated surgically but also by radiotherapy and cytostatic chemotherapy.
- Prognosis varies greatly depending on the type of tumour and the patient's age.
- Decisions on how to treat brain tumours should be made by multidisciplinary teams.
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Abducens Nerve, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Astrocytoma, Brain Stem, Brain Stem Neoplasms, C70, C71, C79.39, Cerebellar Neoplasms, Cerebellum, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Craniopharyngioma, D32, D32.0, D33, D35.30, D42, D43, D43.1, Dermoid Cyst, Ependymoma, Epilepsy, Glioma, Headache, Hydrocephalus, Immunosuppression, Intracranial Hypertension, Intracranial Hypertension, Intracranial Pressure, Lymphoma, Medulloblastoma, Meningeal Neoplasms, Meningioma, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neurilemmoma, Neurofibromatoses, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Oculomotor Nerve, Oligodendroglioma, Papilledema, Parinaud's syndrome, Radiotherapy, Recurrence, Tuberous Sclerosis, Z51.0, brain neoplasms, brain neoplasms, central, cerebellopontine angle tumor, cerebral lymphoma, colloid cyst, dexamethasone, epidermoid tumor, focal epilepsy, frontal lobe tumor, glioblastoma multiforme, meningeal carcinosis, neurofibromatosis type 2, occipital lobe tumour, parietal lobe tumor, pilocytic astrocytoma, pineal neoplasms, pituitary neoplasms, sella turcica tumor, shunt, shunt dysfunction, temporal lobe tumor, tumor headache, tumor of the Wernicke's area