This document provides information about the symptoms of brain tumors. Symptoms can include headaches, altered mental status, ataxia, nausea, vomiting, weakness, and gait disturbances. Specific types of brain tumors may present with additional symptoms, such as temporal lobe tumors potentially leading to emotional or behavioral changes, and acoustic neuromas presenting with hearing loss and tinnitus. Brain tumors can cause general symptoms like increased intracranial pressure or specific symptoms depending on the location in the brain.

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2. Manifestations of brain tumor depend on the cause of the symptoms,
➣ Which may comprise any of the following:
I. Increased intracranial pressure (ICP)
II. Direct compression of essential gray or white matter
III. Shifting of intracranial contents
IV. Secondary cerebral ischemia

3. Symptoms of a brain tumor can be
General or Specific.

4. Symptoms of brain tumor :-
1. Headache
2. Altered mental status
3. Ataxia
4. Nausea
5. Vomiting
6. Weakness
7. Gait disturbance
(neurological examination; walking)

5. Manifestations of brain tumor may
reflect as follows:-

6. 1. MENTAL STATUS CHANGES:
• “Altered Personality”
• Different judgment or thoughts.
• eg. Confusion, Disorientation, unusual/strange behavior.
• Includes Memory loss and ↓ Alertness

7. Depersonalization. (3rd most common psychological disorder)
Emotional changes. (Mood swings)
Behavioral disturbances. (eg. depression, anxiety, aggression)*
2. TEMPORAL LOBE NEOPLASMS MAY LEAD TO:

8. 3. Vision, smell, and other sensory
disturbances.

9. 4.An acoustic neuroma may present as:
- Progressive hearing loss & - Tinnitus.

10. Others:
Pediatric posterior fossa tumors include:
Commonly associated with tumors:
• increased irritability
• unsteadiness
• ataxia
• vomiting.
• seizures
• visual field cuts
• speech difficulties
• intellectual disturbance

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