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Cerebral Angiography, What is cerebral angiography? Cerebral angiography is a type of X-ray test. It uses a special dye and camera to help doctors create pictures of the ...
Cerebral Palsy, What is cerebral palsy? NICE defines cerebral palsy (CP) as 'an umbrella term that encompasses a group of permanent movement and posture disorders t...
Brain Tumours, For example, a PET scan or a cerebral angiogram are sometimes done to obtain more information about the tumour. A small tissue sample (a biopsy) may ...
Pituitary Tumours, Tumours of the pituitary gland are almost always benign and are usually curable. [ 1 ] Pituitary tumours can cause problems by: Excessive hormone production Loc...
Pineal Tumours, There is evidence of a much higher incidence of intrinsic pineal tumours, glial tumour and non-germinomatous germ cell tumours in North America and ...
Cardiac Tumours, Examination In cases of suspected cardiac tumour Most patients with cardiac tumours will have no specific signs unless the ...
Cerebral Palsy, It is most often a combination of spastic and athetoid cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy symptoms Cerebral palsy can range in severity from mil...
Brain Tumours in Adults, Therefore, the preferred terms are 'high-grade tumour' (a tumour that grows rapidly and is aggressive) and 'low-grade tumour...
Wilms' Tumour, Most children diagnosed with Wilms' tumour will survive long-term. What is a Wilms' tumour? A Wilms' tumour is a type of kidney ...
It has also been reported as a consequence of: A metastatic cerebral tumour. [ 4 ] Arteriovenous malformation, in which chronic venous hypertension was the likely aetiology. [ 5 ] ...
Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy, Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy
Wilms' Tumour, Synonym: nephroblastoma What is Wilms' tumour? Wilms' tumours are the most common intra-abdominal tumours of childhood. A Wilms...
Tumours of the Choroid, Photodynamic therapy has been shown to be effective where the naevus is associated with a retinal detachment. [ 2 ] Prognosis - choroidal naevi are mostly harm...
Retinal Tumours, They are all managed by ophthalmologists, usually in specialist or super-specialist centres (Liverpool, London and Sheffield), depending on the exact type of tumour....
Carcinoid Tumours, What are carcinoid tumours? Carcinoid tumours are rare, slow-growing tumours that originate in cells of the diffuse neuroendocrine system. ,...
Spinal Tumours, How common are spinal tumours? Primary non-lymphoproliferative tumours of the spine are uncommon and make up less than 5% of bone neoplasms. , Myeloma ...
Any other growing space-occupying lesion - eg, cerebral toxoplasmosis in an immunocompromised patient, cerebral tumour. Investigations Blood tests FBC, U&Es and ...
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours, Pancreatic endocrine tumours (PETs) are classified as neuroendocrine tumours. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours are a diverse ...
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours, What is a gastrointestinal stromal tumour? Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are malignant mesenchymal tumours with a ...
Benign Liver Tumours, Liver tumours are benign or malignant; malignant tumours can be primary or secondary. In Europe and the USA, a solitary lesion in the liver is more l...