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Brain Tumors
Symptoms of childhood brain and spinal cord tumors
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Tests for childhood brain and spinal cord tumors
Key Points
What Parents should know
100
a disease in which abnormal cells form in the tissues of the brain or spinal cord.
What is a brain tumor?
100
it's a symptom of childhood brain and spinal cord tumors related with walking
Loss of balance
100
An exam of the body to check general signs of health, including checking for signs of disease, such as lumps or anything else that seems unusual. A history of the patient’s health habits and past illnesses and treatments will also be taken.
What is a physical exam and a history?
100
Chance of recovery
What is prognosis?
100
cause 20% of childhood cancers
Kidney or renal tumors
200
is a column of nerve tissue that runs from the brain stem down the center of the back
What is the spinal cord ?
200
increase in the head size (in infants).
What is a symptom of a brain tumor?
200
A series of questions and tests to check the brain, spinal cord, and nerve function. The exam checks a person’s mental status, coordination, and ability to walk normally, and how well the muscles, senses, and reflexes work. This may also be called a neuro exam or a neurologic exam.
What is a neurological exam ?
200
controls a lot of important body functions
What does the brain control?
200
abdominal enlargements, usually signaled by unwarranted tightness of clothing and sometimes by a lump which can be felt as a hard mass
How are kidney tumors noticed ?
300
It's made up by the brain and the spinal cord
What is the Central Nervous System made up by?
300
Back pain or pain that spreads from the back towards the arms or legs.
What is a symptom of spinal cord tumor ?
300
A procedure in which a sample of blood is examined to measure the amounts of certain substances released into the blood by organs, tissues, or tumor cells in the body. Certain substances are linked to specific types of cancer when found in increased levels in the blood. These are called tumor markers.
What is a serum tumor marker test?
300
surgery
When are most brain tumors diagnosed and removed?
300
nitrogen mustard and 6-mercaptorpuine.
What are some anticancer drugs ?
400
cerebrum, cerebellum and brain stem
What are the three mayor parts of the brain?
400
A change in bowel habits or trouble urinating.
What is a symptom of spinal cord tumors ?
400
A procedure that uses a magnet, radio waves, and a computer to make a series of detailed pictures of the brain and spinal cord. A substance called gadolinium is injected into a vein. The gadolinium collects around the cancer cells so they show up brighter in the picture. This procedure is also called nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI).
What is an MRI ?
400
Connects the brain with nerves in most parts of the body
What is the spinal cord ?
400
account for more than 35 percent of all malignancies which occur from birth to age ten
Leukemia, lymphosarcoma and Hodgkin's disease
500
they carry messages between the brain and the rest of the body
spinal cord nerves
500
seizures and Unusual changes in personality or behavior.
What are some symptoms of brain tumors ?
500
A procedure that makes a series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body, taken from different angles. The pictures are made by a computer linked to an x-ray machine. A dye may be injected into a vein or swallowed to help the organs or tissues show up more clearly. This procedure is also called computed tomography, computerized tomography, or computerized axial tomography.
What is a CT scan ?
500
Unknown
What is the cause of most childhood brain and spinal cord tumors?
500
If uncontrolled it invades the blood-producing bone marrow and chokes off manufacture of red blood cells and normal white cells.
What is leukemia?