Brain tumor differential diagnosis

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Classification Adult brain tumors Glioblastoma multiforme Oligodendroglioma Meningioma Hemangioblastoma Pituitary adenoma Schwannoma Primary CNS lymphoma Childhood brain tumors Pilocytic astrocytoma Medulloblastoma Ependymoma Craniopharyngioma Pinealoma Metastasis Lung cancer Breast cancer Melanoma Gastrointestinal tract cancer Renal cell carcinoma Osteoblastoma Head and neck cancer Neuroblastoma Lymphoma Prostate cancer
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Differentiating Brain Tumor from other Diseases

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

Overview

Brain tumors should be differentiated from essential tremors, stroke, chronic subdural hematoma, meningitis, orbital optic neuritis, arteriovenous malformation, intraocular optic neuritis, brain abscess, and neurosyphilis.

Differentiating brain tumor from other diseases

• Essential tremor
• Seizures
• Stroke
• Chronic subdural hematoma
• Meningitis
• Orbital optic neuritis
• Intraocular optic neuritis
• Arteriovenous malformation
• Brain abscess
• Neurosyphilis