National Brain Tumor Awareness Is in May: Attention Is Needed
May is National Brain Tumor Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about the prevalence, impact and challenges of brain tumors. […]
Why Aren’t Brain Scans Routine for Breast Cancer Bone Mets?
Breast cancer can spread to the brain; why aren’t brain scans a standard part of lifelong surveillance? […]
Can You See a Brain Tumor from the Outside?
Is it at all possible to see a brain tumor from the outside of one’s head or even elsewhere? […]
How Long a Brain Tumor Takes to Be Diagnosed in Adults
When a brain tumor shows on a scan, how much time usually passes before a doctor calls the patient? […]
Can a GBM Be Cured if It’s Caught Early Enough?
If a tiny glioblastoma multiforme is spotted incidentally on a head CT for a different reason, could the patient be cured? […]
Can Different Brain Tumor Symptoms Come and Go?
Since a brain tumor stays fixed in place, it stands to reason that once you get symptoms, they will be constant. Or might they actually come and go? […]
How Long Can a Brain Tumor Cause ONLY Headaches?
How long can you have only headaches before you can say, “It can’t possibly be a brain tumor because so much time has gone by without any other symptoms”? […]
If an MRI Shows a Brain Tumor Are You Told Sooner?
Do the results of your MRI (brain tumor vs. normal) determine how soon you hear back from your doctor? […]
The Different Phantom Smells that a Brain Tumor Can Cause
Smelling something that isn’t there (phantosmia) can be caused by a brain tumor. There are different kinds of odors that a person may smell as a result of a brain tumor. When a person begins [...]
Can MRI Wrongly Show High Grade Glioma that’s Really Low Grade?
Did your MRI show a high grade glioma? Could it possibly be low grade? How accurate is the MRI at telling a high grade from a low grade brain tumor? A glioma type of brain [...]
Do Brain Tumors Grow Back or Were They Never All Removed?
Two of the most frightening words anyone can hear is, “It’s back.” This refers to a brain tumor that’s returned after having been surgically removed. Other treatment would have involved targeted radiation, in which a [...]
Can a Brain Tumor Cause Your Head to Suddenly Feel Heavy?
You’re going about your day when suddenly your head feels heavy. It doesn’t last long and then you feel perfectly normal. Could a brain tumor be the cause? “Brain tumor symptoms can vary greatly,” points [...]
How Long Can a Brain Tumor Go Undetected?
Ever wonder how long a person can have a brain tumor before it’s finally diagnosed? […]
Can an MRI Miss a Brain Tumor Big Enough to Cause Symptoms?
Have you recently had a normal MRI for your symptoms but are worried that it missed a brain tumor? […]
What Is a Mixed Brain Tumor?
A mixed brain tumor is explained by a neurosurgeon who treats all kinds of brain tumors. […]
Average Time It Takes to Diagnose a Child’s Brain Tumor
There is usually a delay in getting a child’s brain tumor diagnosed. […]
Headache from Reading vs. from Aneurysm, Tumor, Brain Bleed
Just why can reading sometimes cause you to suffer a headache? Can it be an aneurysm, brain bleed or tumor that just happens to occur when reading? […]
Can Migraine Disorder Cause Headaches Every Single Morning?
Are you waking up with a headache every morning lately? Can this be a brain tumor or more likely from migraine disorder? […]
Brain Mets vs. TIA: Symptom Comparison, Differences
TIA symptoms can be similar to those of a cancer metastasis in the brain. Cancer survivors know that down the road, the disease may return. […]
Is It BPPV or a Brain Tumor? When to Get an MRI
A brain tumor can mimic BPPV symptoms. In fact, patients with a brain tumor have been misdiagnosed as having benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. […]
Can a Brain Aneurysm Cause the Tongue to Twitch?
It’s not impossible for a brain aneurysm to cause your tongue to twitch. […]
Headache Every Morning? Could Be Lack of Oxygen to Your Brain
If you’ve been waking up every morning with a headache, this is less likely from a brain tumor and more likely from your brain not getting enough oxygen. […]
Can Wisdom Teeth Cause Headaches?
Headaches have so many causes, from neck strain and sinus infections to brain tumors and aneurysms. But what about wisdom teeth? […]
Side Effects of Gamma Knife for Acoustic Neuroma Surgery
Gamma Knife surgery is one of the treatment options for an acoustic neuroma, a type of brain tumor. But Gamma Knife surgery can have side effects. If you’ve been diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma, you [...]
How High Blood Pressure Causes Headaches and Aneurysms
High blood pressure, not just brain tumors and sinus infections, can cause headaches. Hypertension can also cause an aneurysm in the brain – a bulging blood vessel that can burst and cause life-threatening bleeding. First [...]
Can a Brain Tumor Cause a Nosebleed?
A brain tumor actually can cause a nosebleed. “Tumors starting from the skull base can erode into the sinus cavity causing nosebleeds,” says John M. Abrahams, MD, chief of neurosurgery at Northern Westchester Hospital, and [...]
Can a Meningioma Be Mistaken for Acoustic Neuroma?
Because the cells of benign, slow-growing brain tumors divide slowly, the shrinkage effect of targeted radiation can take three years to show significant reduction in tumor size. If you’ve been diagnosed with an [...]
What Is the “Best” Kind of Brain Tumor to Have?
Any brain tumor is bad news, but there are the deadliest and then there are “good” ones – from a relative standpoint, of course. If you could choose a particular [...]
Can One Pupil More Dilated Mean a Brain Tumor?
A brain tumor can cause one pupil to be bigger or more dilated than the other. But so can less serious conditions including totally benign. […]
5 Year Old Keep Getting Headaches & You Fear a Brain Tumor?
When a five year old or any age child keeps getting headaches, there is clearly something wrong, especially if there are other symptoms. […]
Floppy Upper Eyelids that Feel Rubbery: What’s the Cause?
One suspected cause of floppy upper eyelids that feel rubbery is one of the most misdiagnosed and under-diagnosed diseases. […]
Is Your Headache from TMJ or Brain Tumor? Misdiagnosis Possible
Have you been told by a dentist that your headaches are from TMJ? What has your dentist done to rule out a brain tumor? “There are many different kinds of headaches, but TMJ headaches typically [...]
Vision Blackouts, Heartbeat in Ear, Headache: Brain Condition
If you’re been suffering from blackouts, headaches and hearing your heartbeat in your ear, this could mean a serious brain condition. In fact, just one of these symptoms can be caused by something serious affecting [...]
Pain in One Eye with Movement: Brain Tumor? Aneurysm?
If you have pain in one eye when you move it, this can have many causes and unfortunately, two can be a brain tumor or an aneurysm. […]
One Eye Suddenly Turns Inward in Young Child: Brain Tumor?
There’s the woman who thought the reason her young child’s eye was turning inward was “cross eyes” but it turned out to be a brain tumor. […]
Cancers that Can Mimic TMJ Symptoms & Lead to Misdiagnosis
There are several kinds of cancer that can mimic TMJ symptoms and lead to misdiagnosis. And in fact, misdiagnoses of TMJ disorder has actually been made in some cases. […]
TMJ Headache vs. Brain Tumor Headache: Symptom Comparison
TMJ disorder can cause a fierce headache, but so can a brain tumor. In fact, the onset of brain tumor headaches can mimic head pain caused by a temporomandibular joint disorder. Though the popping and [...]
Serious Diseases that Can Mimic TMJ Disorder
It’s happens: Someone is diagnosed with TMJ disorder but later learns it’s a misdiagnosis of a very serious disease, like a brain tumor or heart problem. The symptoms of temporomandibular joint disorder are very similar [...]
Getting an MRI if a Family Member Has a Brain Aneurysm
Did you recently learn that an immediate family member has an aneurysm and are wondering if you should undergo yearly MRI screenings, what with all the anxiety this would cause? […]
Why Aren’t There Routine MRI Screenings for Brain Aneurysm?
Medical plans don’t include the mention of “routine” MRI screenings for a brain aneurysm. And this seems pretty odd, given that often, the first symptom of such an aneurysm is a thunderclap headache soon followed [...]